Does Wilmer Flores Have The Yips? Baseball players sense great pressure when battling a bout of the yips. The throwing yips don’t just affect one player (you) but often can change the outcome of a game for an entire team. With the weight of the team on your shoulders, there is even more pressure on you to make the perfect throw because you believe that one errant throw can be the … [Read more...]
Throwing Yips Put Bard’s Career On Hold
Overcoming Fear From The Yips The throwing yips is no doubt the biggest fear of any baseball players and the most frustrating experience for players who can’t seem to break free of the yips. The yips doesn’t just affect your throws, it messes with your head. Many questions circulate in your mind when you have a case of the yips: “What has happened to me?” “What is wrong with me?” … [Read more...]
Tuning Out Mental Interference
Moving Past Mistakes in Baseball There are so many baseball players affected by the yips (even though you may feel that you are the only one who can’t consistently make accurate throws). If you were to google the “yips,” you will find that it affects many different athletes and games-men: dart throwers baseball players golfers cricket tennis players basketball players, … [Read more...]
2 Effective Strategies to Conquer The Throwing Yips
Overcoming The Throwing Yips Why do the yips have such a stranglehold on some baseball players? Why is it so difficult to break away from the clench of the yips and regain that freedom of just making accurate throws? Many baseball players view the yips in fatalistic terms. These players feel powerless to overcome the yips. The baseball lore of the yips being a career-ender looms over … [Read more...]
How The Yips Have Affected MLB Careers
How Rick Ankiel Beat The Yips One of the most common issues faced by major league baseball players is the yips. The yips is a condition in which talented athletes fail to perform to the best of their abilities under pressure. Although this issue can be extremely frustrating for athletes, it does not have to be career ending. With the right mental training, athletes can overcome this condition … [Read more...]
Does “Tapping” or EFT Help With The Throwing Yips?
What is EFT "Tapping?" Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) works by releasing blockages within the energy system which are the source of emotional intensity and discomfort. An EFT treatment involves the use of fingertips rather than needles to tap on the end points of energy that are situated just beneath the surface of the skin. EFT often works when nothing else seems to. It is usually rapid, … [Read more...]
How The Yips Show Up In Big Games
Why Do The Yips Happen in Games? During the first game of the College World series game LSU pitcher, Jared Poche, had the yips. Two wild throws to first base seemed to set Poche off and it all went downhill from there, even his teammates started acting worse. "It was a total collapse on a big stage," LSU head coach Paul Mainieri said. Poche admits that his over control and his one bad pitch led … [Read more...]
Two Strategies to Beat The Pitching Yips
Strategies to Overcome The Pitching Yips The yips can often be the toughest opponent a baseball player can face. With the yips, you never know exactly what to expect every time you throw the ball. At least when you face an opposing team, you can scout them so you have some idea what to expect when the game starts. You know the opposing team’s starter’s pitching arsenal, go-to pitch, … [Read more...]