Chipping Yips: Why You Can’t Get Rid Of Them

Chipping yips. The dread condition can leave you stubbing your shots around the green every time on the course.

Similar to the putting yips or driving yips, the chipping yips can seem like an insurmountable obstacle to your game. This problem may come apparently from nowhere and you can find yourself at a loss when trying to cure it. (Titleist VG3 Iron Set with Steel Shafts
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But, far from coming from nowhere, the chipping yips are a type of conditioned response to some past trauma in your life. These yips may come out when you are stressed standing over a chip, and you will be absolutely unable to take the stroke on the ball that you would like to take.

Your hands might be shaking, you may have lost your find motor skills for the shot, and the only effort you might be able to make is a short stabbing motion. These chipping yips can rack up the strokes every time you find yourself around the green, and they can end up being a real hindrance to any success in your game.

Some people will adopt different mechanics and change their games entirely when they are trying to get rid of the yips. They might grip the club Titleist VG3 Iron Set with Steel Shafts
differently, they might use a different swing mechanic, or they may throw the ball all the way back in their stance.

These are not the right ways to get around the chipping yips however. They can only be defeated by the right psychological and physical methods, and this will not include changing the entire structure of your game.

Adopting a new style would be like placing a Band-Aid on a knife wound to the stomach. The bandage wouldn’t stop the bleeding or cure the cut, you would just be attempting to cover it up. With the blood still flowing and the wound still open, the bandage would just be a distraction.

Similar to changing your mechanics, the new swing style would just be a distraction – the chipping yips would still lie underneath. Only a cure to the yips can fix your game, and then you would be free to use your normal swing, or change your fundamentals if you still wish to do so.

The cure can be found though. Sports psychologists have found the correct way to eradicate the golf yips for any golfer. Help is available, and for those looking to correct their yips, this can be done without a drastic overhaul to your game.

The correct cure to your golfing yips will have you smiling on the golf course again, and standing over any putt, chip or drive with full confidence and assurance. (Titleist VG3 Iron Set with Steel Shafts
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With your yips gone and your game restored, you will be reaching new heights in your game and new lows in your score. Your club won’t believe it, your golfing buddies will be jealous, and you’ll have the young joy for the game all over again – whether you’re getting up and down like never before or chipping in every other time you hit the course.