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Originally Posted by ricthemic
short putt yips, got em only during competition, any suggestions other than taking up tennis? thanks
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I used to play quite a bit of amateur golf (with little success
) and can feel your pain. There is nothing worse than making a nice sand shot or other recovery to be left with a bogey anyway.....
I take that back, I once played in a MA State Publinks with the shanks and survived the day
YIPS IMO are a mental issue, period. The brain is allowed to put too much value on the wrong result (did the ball go in). There is a tendency to put too much emphasis on the mechanics of the stroke when this happens. In this state of mind people HIT the ball instead of making a free stroke with the ball in the way.
When it happens to me, I head to a putting green and work on my putting routine only. I make it the same every time. I work on making MY STROKE as free as I can. As an example of a routine I have used:
I read the putt, I RELAX, soft hands, breath!
<routine starts here>
looking at the hole, I make a practice stroke, feeling the size of the stoke for speed. I may make two.
Now that I feel the stroke, I address the ball, I look at the ball, I look at the hole, I look at the ball and I make the exact stroke I practiced just as free as I did when it was a practice stroke.
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Some folks believe the routine must have the same amount of practice strokes, IMO it is more important that you feel a stroke you can commit to.
The only place I make sure it is the same everytime is that amount of time I take after I address the ball. Find your rhythym for 1.Look at the Ball, 2. Look at the hole, 3. look at the ball, 4. make the stroke you practiced.
I evaluate my result ON ONE THING; whether or not I made same stroke when I hit the putt as I did when I made the practice stroke and nothing else.
I believe Brad Faxon once said something along the lines.... Put like you do not give a ____.
Good luck!!!