The Yips, Explained. (Why We Are All Brett Maher)

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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We are all Brett Maher…and whether you realize it or not, you are too. Every human being is at least a little bit like the Dallas Cowboys’ Kicker and NFL’s current poster boy for choking, flop-sweating, crapping the bed, whatever word you wanna use…even if you’d never admit it. Even if the person we all dream of being is Joe Burrow. So, today, David Epstein, best-selling author of THE SPORTS GENE and RANGE, takes us inside the Yips — and our own brains. Where we learn actual lessons that apply to both the very best athletes in the world, and the people who watch them. To help ensure you didn't miss any of our best stories from the past year, we've collected our favorite episodes of 2022 into one playlist. We think you’ll love every episode on there, so check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, David Epstein, I summon you as my old friend onto this show to talk about issues of
0:06.1	human performance, fundamentally.
0:09.2	And it's something that I couldn't stop wondering about during the NFL playoffs, which is
0:15.8	the biggest event in American sports.
0:17.9	And there is no team inside of that world that draws more eyeballs than the Dallas Cowboys.
0:25.3	And so, when the Cowboys kicker is guy named Brett Mahir, with basically the entirety
0:33.8	of America watching, did this in the wild card game.
0:38.6	And then did it again.
0:48.1	And now Mahir misses again.
0:58.1	Three missed extra points by Brett Mahir.
1:01.7	It's high as many as he missed all regular season.
1:04.9	And again.
1:05.9	And now the drama of Brett Mahir trying to hit an extra point.
1:10.7	He's missed three to nine four in a row.
1:15.4	And he has done it again.
1:18.7	It might be looking for a kicker next week.
1:21.9	And literally again, in this divisional round.
1:25.0	Brett Mahir, for the extra point, left hash, the kick is blocked.
1:32.4	Oh, dear.
1:33.4	Oh, boy.
1:35.7	What did you see?
1:38.6	I think some of what you just said outlines part of the issue, which is that you're talking
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