How to Throw Intuitively One challenge for ball players with the throwing yips is getting caught up in a cycle of over thinking. I think it starts the yips cycle. Ball plays will: Overthink what their arm is doing… Overthink their mechanics… Overthink what others might think… And overthink the outcome of a bad throw. All this over thinking starts the yips … [Read more...] about Why Over Thinking Leads to Throwing Problems
Baseball Yips Articles
Mental Game Articles for Baseball and Softball Players with the Throwing Yips
Avoiding Bad Throws Hurts Performance
How to Not Think about Yipping a Throw Worry about the yips, making errors, slumps and bad games are mind clutter that can affect some baseball players for an entire season. Yips, errors, slumps and bad games can create profound, intense negative images that, once these negative images take hold, seem to lurk in your mind and be the only thing you can focus on for an … [Read more...] about Avoiding Bad Throws Hurts Performance
Why Ball Players Go to a Safe Throw
How to Overcome the Yips Josh recently wrote to me about his struggles in the bullpen when catching… "I have recently struggled in, not only the bullpen, but throws to bases in practice as well as simply playing catch. Yesterday, my only struggle was in the bullpen, no problem during warm up. Do you have any advice as how to improve when I am in the bullpen? I am hoping … [Read more...] about Why Ball Players Go to a Safe Throw
Overthinking and The Throwing Yips
Learn How To Overcome The Yips See the target; Hit the target... Sounds easy enough, right? Throwing a baseball is just a matter of having a catch. You have done it thousands of times... in the backyard, at picnics, during practice, warming up before a baseball game and between innings. Despite being a relatively easy task, some players complicate the matter. Instead of the … [Read more...] about Overthinking and The Throwing Yips
Why Short Toss is the Hardest
Why Do Ball Players Struggle With Easier Throws? Trevor wrote me this week to say that the fear of the yips on the mound is not allowing him to enjoy the game... What’s interesting is that his pitching is fine during the game, but he struggles with warmup toss, bullpens, and the warmup between innings. "I don’t have this problem on the mound, but there is a constant fear that … [Read more...] about Why Short Toss is the Hardest