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 extended period of … [Read more...]
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 to at least be able … [Read more...]
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 simple process of … [Read more...]
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 it will happen on a … [Read more...]
One Mental Key to Help Beat The Throwing Yips
Focusing on The Target to Overcome The Yips Throwing the ball to a teammate is the easiest task in baseball... OR IS IT? Ask a player who has the yips how easy it is to throw the ball accurately and they will tell you an entirely different answer. The difficulty in getting rid of the yips lies in finding the right solution and there within lies the biggest issue. Instead of dealing with … [Read more...]
How to Have More Days with Good Throwing
Focusing on Bigger Targets For More Accurate Throws Jay wrote the following about his throwing problems in baseball: "I’ve been dealing with the yips for about a year now and I’m at a point where I’m out of answers. I can go three days in a row without feeling any 'yippy' throws and then go a month where I feel I have to control every movement." "I feel discouraged and don’t know what to do. … [Read more...]
Why the Ball Can Feel Weird, Heavy, or Light
How The Full Blown Throwing Yips Start Rick wrote to me about his 15-year-old son saying he’s always been a good multi-position player since he was very young, but now has problems with his throwing. During a tournament, for some reason out of the blue, he suddenly could not throw the ball back to the pitcher or 3rd base. "He would flick the ball and it would land at the feet of the pitcher. … [Read more...]
When One Throw or Pitch Can Turn into the Yips
Letting go of Inaccurate Throws The throwing yips are a bizarre phenomenon for any baseball player. Most baseball players refuse to utter the word "yips," let alone admit or talk about having the yips. It is as if mentioning the yips forever cements it into your body and mind. The truth is, if you gain a little understanding about the yips, you can de-mystify and overcome the yips. Let’s … [Read more...]
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