Do You Have The Throwing Yips?

Baseball YIPS

How Do You Know if You Have The Yips?

Not every baseball player will get the throwing yips during his career. However, baseball players will have ups and downs during their career or experience a throwing slump, which may not be caused by the yips.

How do you know you have the throwing yips and you are not in a temporary slump?

First, if you lose a bit of control with your throwing, you should not assume you have the throwing yips.

What might the throwing yips look like if you have them?

Many ball players that have had the yips describe like they are out of control–someone else is controlling their throwing action. There is a loss of control and you can’t hit your target.

Some plays might describe the yips as if they are jerking or flinching their pitching or throwing motion especially when they get close to release. The yips often comes with muscular tension when you feel tight in the arms and do throw the ball freely.

The biggest sign you have the throwing yips and are not in a slump is when you can perform well in practice, but your action changes in the game. You lose control and freedom of movement in the game. The yips can start with anxiety about throwing poorly or worry about embarrassing yourself with a bad throw.

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The problem can often get worse because you think the solution is to work on your mechanics and attempt to make positive changes to gain control. Making big changes can dig you deeper into a hole because you start to make unnecessary changes in your mechanics. This leads to a lack of consistency and now you are searching for more answers.

You then have less control of your throw and feel more out of control with your action–all of this leads to the throwing yips. Slumps in baseball come and go, but when you have the throwing or pitching yips, you are stuck in a vicious cycle of fear–lack of control–searching for solutions.


How to Break The Yips Cycle in Baseball

Do you (or your ball player) suffer from:

  • Inability to throw or pitch freely (despite the fact that you can in practice)?
  • Anxiety, tension and over control of their action?
  • Performance anxiety about what others will think?
  • Super low confidence with the yips-infected mechanics?
  • Feeling like an alien has taken over your body and you have no control?

If you can throw well when alone, but can’t take it to games, this is a mental game issue and not a physical challenge!

The Yips Cycle is a vicious cycle that causes ball players to stay trapped in over thinking and over control…

Learn to throw or pitch freely again with my proven audio and workbook program:

Breaking The Yips Cycle: Mental Strategies to Improve Confidence & Throw Freely Again

Breaking The Yips Cycle” is a complete brain dump of the TOP Eight mental training sessions I do with my personal coaching students to help them overcome the yips and play with freedom again.

The Audio and Workbook Program Includes:

  • Two CDs (CD purchase only). 120 minutes of mental training sessions to help you gain greater freedom, focus on the right performance cues, and simplify your prepitch routines.
  • MP3 Audio (Digital Download). 120 minutes of mental training sessions you can download to your computer right away while you wait for the CDs and workbook to arrive. (MP3 Audio value = $149).
  • An 8-Session Breaking The Yips Cycle Workbook to guide you through my mental game sessions and to overcome the throwing yips (Workbook value: $149.00).
  • Bonus Session: Practice drills to free up your throwing to help you improve consistency and stop focusing on mechanics when you play.

Learn more about Breaking The Yips Cycle…


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Do you (or your ball player) throw accurately in practice, but lose control in games?

Learn how to over come the throwing yips!

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8 Mental Game Strategies to Break The Yips Cycle

What are ball players and coaches saying?

“After completing ‘The Confident Athlete’ series, I noticed a dramatic improvement in my level of play or should I say consistency. I play NCAA Division I baseball for Lamar University, and even my coaches have noticed a change in the way that I approach the game – my attitude and confidence at the plate. It has also helped me reach a new level of focus. I am able to get into that zone where I am able to narrow my focus on to the task. Thank you for helping in my continuing goal to mental toughness.”
~Tylor Prudhomm


Beat The Throwing Yips With Expert Mental Game Coaching!

Master mental game coach Dr. Patrick Cohn can help you overcome your mental game issues with personal coaching.

You can work with Dr. Patrick Cohn himself in Orlando, Florida or via Skype, FaceTime, or telephone. Call us toll free at 888-742-7225 or contact us for more information about the different coaching programs we offer!

What are our mental coaching students saying?

“Yes Patrick, I’m a five handicap and also mentally handicapped by the yips. What worked for me was the aim, set and go drill. You don’t have time to think about yipping. I played today and not one yip. I owe you big time. Thanks again.”
~Mike Helms

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