Love the core content. It’s spot on and quite helpful. But had to keep Fast Forwarding through the first 10 minutes of repetitive setup to get to the good stuff. But I’m glad I did because the concepts and drills were terrific.
I have been suffering from the yips for a couple of months. I watched this video last night and used the “one two” drill during a round today. No practice, nothing. It helped a lot! I only had one bad chip and it was because I lost the focus on the counting. I immediately felt the “over focusing” on the ball and promptly chunked it. Looking forward to more improvement with a little more practice and getting the yips behind me!
Dr. Noel. Great video. I've had the putt and chip yips for over 30 years. During that time I've had moderate success shooting in the low 70's at times. I starting using a long putter with great results. It's the chipping that gets me. I've tried everything (school/lessons) to no avail. I even had a conversation with a Dr. Kubistant years ago. I've tried one handed left, one handed right, cross handed grip, had an extra long chipper made, used a left handed sand iron. Still, no positive results. A few years ago I started chipping right handed backwards (one hand with back to the target) with moderate success. I am going to the practice green tomorrow and try your 5 methods. Hopefully I can find some relief from this "affliction".
Playing golf and loving the game for 50 years. Developed some health issues and anxiety. Ended up with a bad case of the yeps! Watched a lot of you tube videos. Just got worse. Felt sorry for my playing partners. Watched your video today. I went straight to the practice area to try some of the drills. Loved the 1-2 count drill. Stopped staring at the ball stated to hit a few nice chips. Just for fun I tried left hand low! Mat Fitzpatrick. Kept counting,wide vision started striking the ball consistently. Just one hour of practice but it felt great. Please keep up with your work on helping us with this issue. Love the game hate the yeps.
Watching this I realise I’ve had the chipping yips for some time. I’m neither excellent nor terrible (play off 7) but whether I play well or badly, chipping hinders my scoring. So much of what you described resonated with me, including the interventions that might work. I had a brief spell of good chipping a few years back and thought it was because I worked on technique in the garden. I now realise it was probably because I hit a dozen balls at a time stepping between the shots so there was constant motion (I only did that because my back gets sore standing in the chipping posture too long). This was fascinating and helpful. Thanks Noel.
I had the yips when gave game up 17yrs ago but returning to it this year.Found after 17yrs guess what i still yip.Have been working on my technique which i realise was the cause that i started to thin and duff which in the end destroyed my confidence and hence became a yipper.Trying to rebuild with correct technique and using drills to help.One drill i found extremely helpful was to chip cack handed which helps with keeping shoulders level and tempo which i do with eyes closed as one drill . Drill 2 is i place a coin 2 inches behind ball to see if i can pick both coin and ball up playing shot to check i am using bounce .
Thanks for the comment. I’ve used Cack-handed a lot with yippers with pretty good success. I’ll be sure to try the coin drill too. Good luck and thanks for the drill.
there is a condition called intention tremor seen in musicians and people who use hands for fine manipulation,it is treated with blood pressure medication, like inderal,and it helps quite a bit. John
Fantastic! (I think you want "allude" rather than "elude"). My foam "cat toy" balls off a shag bathroom rug (anything other than a perfect lie is known to hide evil demons ready to help that hard ball knock the club out of my hand) are invaluable. *All* of your tips ring *so* true. Those twenty foam cat toy balls have allowed me to experiment (painlessly) with all kinds of swing ideas and, I believe, have just today hit on the answers - and it doesn't include chipping with my eyes closed. 🙂 I strongly suspect that my issues are largely related to my own , personal sack of messed up mental pictures, but by golly it sure does feel good to go at a chip or pitch with the kind of confidence that allows you to think that *you*, rather than that hateful golf ball and its Bermuda rough henchman, are in charge. I will say that attempting to keep my right hand and forearms "out of it" have *not* been a good thing. Thinking that I now know how Freddie couples must feel. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks Kevin. Great news! I hope it makes a difference for you. As for the typo, I am rather disloxic :-) but in this case I think it was an auto subtitle thing. (not guilty)
@@GolfCoachDrNoel Just re-watched the video after *finally* getting to the bottom of another aspect of my personal yips and now seeing one of those drills in a little different light. Thought I'd share. Sorry, but I do tend to ramble on. 🙂 Even when I'm pitching confidently off tight lies , when I move to Bermuda rough, a high percentage of shanks ensue. It took years to get to the bottom of that, but the "cure" is related to what I recently learned about fixing my bunker shanks - which had become closer to 100% shanks - except when I entered the sand at least six inches behind my intended entry and it bounced up and skulled it. (May have to do a super slomo video study and see if those misses can be combined into a skank. 🙂 ) Finally found one, ten year old UA-cam video - for which I am now so grateful - that led to my way out (work in progress). Turns out that the pitching out of the rough cure is much easier, at least for me. I now aim to "brush the ground/rough one inch "inside of the ball. It takes all my courage to swing through on the first few when practicing, but it works consistently when I garner the courage. I "may" still be able to shank it with that technique if I yank it back inside enough on my back swing - another work in progress. Made nice progress on the bunker shot fix yesterday by exploring just how far both "inside" *and* behind the ball my intended entry point needs to be. I think I diagnosed the "six inch too early" entry as simply one of those "unintended, self preservation" flinches designed to avoid that hated clanking noise and its associated discomforts. By practicing a *lot* of "sand only" swipes at the "line in the sand", I was able to gather enough courage to throw my low hands, wide open club-face shallowly into a spot about √5 inches from the ball. :-) Many nice, high, spinny results. The wifey was most impressed. I intend to refine that skill later today. . .
I've had the sharks on chipping for two weeks. It's cost me about 11 shots per round 3 times. I practiced last night and chipped 50 balls perfectly and then......I couldn't chip another ball after 30 attempts and quit. I missed my appointment with my pro and have a tournament on Tuesday😳😳😳😳😳
I am the world's worst chip yipper! It is a terrible curse. if i do not get on the green and face a chip or a pitch it is all over. I have tried everything and most, well all do not work . I am convinced it is a demon that makes sure I will not be a good golfer. When you have a bad yip and look at the faces of your playing partners it is evident that it is ugly.
Thanks Max, Noted. It was originally filmed as a piece for coach education but I thought it might be worth putting on the channel. I appreciate it is not for everyone.
I’ve been yipping for 25 years and this video helped me a lot…. Thank you 😊
Glad it helped! It might be encouraging to know that nearly all cases of the Yips are 100% fixable. Good luck on your journey.
Love the core content. It’s spot on and quite helpful. But had to keep Fast Forwarding through the first 10 minutes of repetitive setup to get to the good stuff. But I’m glad I did because the concepts and drills were terrific.
The counting drill is a total game changer. I’ve never heard of saying two as you finish the swing. It really does change the focus away from the ball
Thanks Doug. That is my 'go to' when I am under pressure. It gets me to commit to the motion all the way to the finish and not react to the ball.
@@GolfCoachDrNoel My palms are sweating just *thinking about* such a drill. 🙂
Yes !
I was giving it the “ old one two “ but my two was at impact 😩 not at the finish position, probably made my predicament worse ,
I have been suffering from the yips for a couple of months. I watched this video last night and used the “one two” drill during a round today. No practice, nothing. It helped a lot! I only had one bad chip and it was because I lost the focus on the counting. I immediately felt the “over focusing” on the ball and promptly chunked it. Looking forward to more improvement with a little more practice and getting the yips behind me!
That’s great to hear
Dr. Noel. Great video. I've had the putt and chip yips for over 30 years. During that time I've had moderate success shooting in the low 70's at times. I starting using a long putter with great results. It's the chipping that gets me. I've tried everything (school/lessons) to no avail. I even had a conversation with a Dr. Kubistant years ago. I've tried one handed left, one handed right, cross handed grip, had an extra long chipper made, used a left handed sand iron. Still, no positive results. A few years ago I started chipping right handed backwards (one hand with back to the target) with moderate success. I am going to the practice green tomorrow and try your 5 methods. Hopefully I can find some relief from this "affliction".
Playing golf and loving the game for 50 years. Developed some health issues and anxiety. Ended up with a bad case of the yeps! Watched a lot of you tube videos. Just got worse. Felt sorry for my playing partners. Watched your video today. I went straight to the practice area to try some of the drills. Loved the 1-2 count drill. Stopped staring at the ball stated to hit a few nice chips. Just for fun I tried left hand low! Mat Fitzpatrick. Kept counting,wide vision started striking the ball consistently. Just one hour of practice but it felt great. Please keep up with your work on helping us with this issue. Love the game hate the yeps.
Great drills…Will give them all a try. It’s all about taking focus away from the ball. Thanks for all these drills.
Thank you. Another important aspect is to take a curious playful attitude towards it. Good luck
Watching this I realise I’ve had the chipping yips for some time. I’m neither excellent nor terrible (play off 7) but whether I play well or badly, chipping hinders my scoring. So much of what you described resonated with me, including the interventions that might work. I had a brief spell of good chipping a few years back and thought it was because I worked on technique in the garden. I now realise it was probably because I hit a dozen balls at a time stepping between the shots so there was constant motion (I only did that because my back gets sore standing in the chipping posture too long). This was fascinating and helpful. Thanks Noel.
Great video! Thanks!
I had the yips when gave game up 17yrs ago but returning to it this year.Found after 17yrs guess what i still yip.Have been working on my technique which i realise was the cause that i started to thin and duff which in the end destroyed my confidence and hence became a yipper.Trying to rebuild with correct technique and using drills to help.One drill i found extremely helpful was to chip cack handed which helps with keeping shoulders level and tempo which i do with eyes closed as one drill . Drill 2 is i place a coin 2 inches behind ball to see if i can pick both coin and ball up playing shot to check i am using bounce .
Thanks for the comment. I’ve used Cack-handed a lot with yippers with pretty good success. I’ll be sure to try the coin drill too. Good luck and thanks for the drill.
there is a condition called intention tremor seen in musicians and people who use hands for fine manipulation,it is treated with blood pressure medication, like inderal,and it helps quite a bit.
John
Fantastic! (I think you want "allude" rather than "elude"). My foam "cat toy" balls off a shag bathroom rug (anything other than a perfect lie is known to hide evil demons ready to help that hard ball knock the club out of my hand) are invaluable. *All* of your tips ring *so* true. Those twenty foam cat toy balls have allowed me to experiment (painlessly) with all kinds of swing ideas and, I believe, have just today hit on the answers - and it doesn't include chipping with my eyes closed. 🙂 I strongly suspect that my issues are largely related to my own , personal sack of messed up mental pictures, but by golly it sure does feel good to go at a chip or pitch with the kind of confidence that allows you to think that *you*, rather than that hateful golf ball and its Bermuda rough henchman, are in charge. I will say that attempting to keep my right hand and forearms "out of it" have *not* been a good thing. Thinking that I now know how Freddie couples must feel. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks Kevin. Great news! I hope it makes a difference for you. As for the typo, I am rather disloxic :-) but in this case I think it was an auto subtitle thing. (not guilty)
@@GolfCoachDrNoel Ahhh. Interesting that they got "affected" right, then. 🙂
@@GolfCoachDrNoel Just re-watched the video after *finally* getting to the bottom of another aspect of my personal yips and now seeing one of those drills in a little different light. Thought I'd share. Sorry, but I do tend to ramble on. 🙂
Even when I'm pitching confidently off tight lies , when I move to Bermuda rough, a high percentage of shanks ensue. It took years to get to the bottom of that, but the "cure" is related to what I recently learned about fixing my bunker shanks - which had become closer to 100% shanks - except when I entered the sand at least six inches behind my intended entry and it bounced up and skulled it. (May have to do a super slomo video study and see if those misses can be combined into a skank. 🙂 )
Finally found one, ten year old UA-cam video - for which I am now so grateful - that led to my way out (work in progress). Turns out that the pitching out of the rough cure is much easier, at least for me. I now aim to "brush the ground/rough one inch "inside of the ball. It takes all my courage to swing through on the first few when practicing, but it works consistently when I garner the courage. I "may" still be able to shank it with that technique if I yank it back inside enough on my back swing - another work in progress.
Made nice progress on the bunker shot fix yesterday by exploring just how far both "inside" *and* behind the ball my intended entry point needs to be. I think I diagnosed the "six inch too early" entry as simply one of those "unintended, self preservation" flinches designed to avoid that hated clanking noise and its associated discomforts. By practicing a *lot* of "sand only" swipes at the "line in the sand", I was able to gather enough courage to throw my low hands, wide open club-face shallowly into a spot about √5 inches from the ball. :-) Many nice, high, spinny results. The wifey was most impressed. I intend to refine that skill later today. . .
I've had the sharks on chipping for two weeks. It's cost me about 11 shots per round 3 times. I practiced last night and chipped 50 balls perfectly and then......I couldn't chip another ball after 30 attempts and quit. I missed my appointment with my pro and have a tournament on Tuesday😳😳😳😳😳
I would want to know whether yips is the other name of focal dystonia.
It has certainly been called that but the Yips has many classifications. I’m not sure we know exactly what it is at the point.
I am the world's worst chip yipper! It is a terrible curse. if i do not get on the green and face a chip or a pitch it is all over. I have tried everything and most, well all do not work . I am convinced it is a demon that makes sure I will not be a good golfer. When you have a bad yip and look at the faces of your playing partners it is evident that it is ugly.
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Cut the first 10 mins!
There is a timestamp so you can get straight to the drills.
To much talking.
Thanks Max, Noted. It was originally filmed as a piece for coach education but I thought it might be worth putting on the channel. I appreciate it is not for everyone.