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How Understanding the Yips Can Help Your Mental Game with the Yoda of Yips, Jim Waldron

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

791: Our Yoda of Yips, Jim Waldron joins us to discuss how the yips can impact your mental game, and teach us some of the causes, cures, and myths of yips. Jim has probably been featured on Golf Smarter more than any other teacher, and when you listen and learn, you’ll understand why. Find Jim Waldron at BalancePointGolf.com We’re on the countdown to celebrate 800 episodes of the Golf Smarter podcast on July 6, 2021. Per your suggestions, host Fred Greene will be interviewed on how his game has changed hosting the longest running golf podcast. But what have you learned? Please share your greatest take-away from our show, or maybe you want to ask Fred a question that you need answered. Just call the Golf Smarter Hot Line at 415-761-1498 and leave your best take. We’ll include it in the episode! Deadline to record your call is at the end of the US Open on Sunday June 20 to be included. 415-761-1498. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans 107 we feature the first of two parts with PGA Tour winner, one of Golf Digest’s America’s Top 50 Teachers, and coach to many PGA, LPGA, Champions, and Korn Ferry players, Stan Utley talking about his book “The Art of Scoring”. Golf Smarter and Golf Smarter Mulligans are brought to you by DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter. Join host Fred Greene and thousands of golfers around the world who start each morning with a short, yet effective video workout designed specifically for golfers to improve flexibility and mobility. Get your 7 day free trial and 15% off your membership with checkout ‘golfsmarter’ at DYNAMICGOLFERS.COM/golfsmarter.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I worked with a guy with Yips who was part of a college golf team that won an important tournament.

0:06.0

And he played with some of the guys on tour today who are younger, famous tour pros.

0:11.0

And he had short game Yps.

0:13.0

And even after he had been through my program, working with me in person for two days, and we fixed his Yips,

0:19.0

he would still occasionally hit some bad shots in a round

0:22.2

the golf. They weren't yps, but you know, he was mild flinches. And he would say to me,

0:27.1

you know, I think maybe it's mechanics. And he was explaining the shot to me. And it was clear

0:31.6

his mind reacted to the pressure, which caused the flinch, which caused the bad mechanics, which

0:36.0

caused the bad shot. But he still wanted to hang on to that false worldview that the solution is only to make my mechanics better.

0:43.8

That's how powerful that premise is. It's all mechanics 24-7. It's just not true.

0:49.0

Golf Smarter number 791. This week's episodes of Golf Smarter and Golf Smarter Mulligans are brought to you by

0:56.6

dynamicgolfers.com slash golf smarter. Join me and over 4,000 golfers worldwide that make

1:04.6

dynamic golfers part of our daily workout routine. Get a seven-day free trial and 15% off your membership with

1:12.9

checkout code Golf Smarter. Stay tuned to hear more. How understanding the Yips can

1:20.0

improve your mental game with our Yoda of Yips Jim Waldron. This is Golf Smarter.

1:26.4

Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.

1:34.3

Here's your host, Fred Green.

1:37.3

Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Jim.

1:39.3

Always great to be with you, Fred. Thanks for having me back.

1:42.3

I don't know, what is it?

1:43.3

27th, 28th episode?

1:45.8

Something crazy.

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