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Athlete Well-Being & the yips

Below are the best resources we could find on Athlete Well-Being and the yips.

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My Yips Story

A former collegiate softball player talks about her struggles with mental health and the Yips during her career.

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Charles Barkley: Golf Yips Cures! Doctor Explains Science of the Yips

Charles Barkley has long been known for having some of the worst yips in his golf swing ever, yet now it appears the NBA hall of famer has fixed his swing and cured his golf swing yips! In this video we’ll review the science of the yips (there’s more than you’d think) and review what was...

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The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life

The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch—not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as “the Yips.

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The Yips

What’s behind the condition that every golfer dreads?

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This Is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps and Performance Anxiety for Good!

This book introduces the breakthrough concept of STSD (Sport Traumatic Stress Disorder). Grand and Goldberg have discovered that STSDs are the cause of most significant performance problems.

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Like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, I’ve Stepped Away from Competition Because of Performance Anxiety.

Out in the chalk circle, my vision became tunneled, my stomach tied in knots, and I felt like I couldn’t hear anything but my own racing thoughts.

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How to Cure the Putting Yips, Part 1

Let’s look at the first step in curing the putting yips.

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Limitless. How Your Movements Can Heal Your Brain: An Essay on the Neurodynamics of Dystonia

In this fascinating book, Canadian neuroscientist Joaquin Farias summarizes his 25 years of clinical experience treating patients affected by movement disorders using simple movements that activate the brain’s innate healing potential known as neuroplasticity. Dr.

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Yips Focal Dystonia May Affect More Athletes Than Previously Recognized

Yips, a focal task–specific dystonia, may be more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study of golfers.

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Simone Biles and ‘the Twisties’: How Fear Affects Safety in Gymnasts

If her brain won’t play along with what her body knows how to do, she could be seriously injured.

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