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Athlete Well-Being & the yips

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Focal Dystonia: A Musician Overcomes a Movement Disorder With a Change of Mind

After graduating with his doctorate in sports medicine, Farias developed a neuroplasticity training program to help other dystonia patients recover, using his toolbox of strategies to teach them how to retrain their brains.

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Are the Yips Really the Greatest Threat to a Golfer?

Feared and dismissed in equal proportion, the yips were once endowed with an almost mythical status. Previously an ailment exclusive to golfers, in recent years participants from sports as varied as snooker and basketball have been diagnosed with the condition.

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Yes, You Can Beat the Yips. Here’s How, According to a Star Putting Coach

The yips are a nasty ailment. They—along with the shanks—can appear out of nowhere and absolutely derail a golfer’s otherwise solid game. And worst of all, no one is safe from their wrath.

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Michael Breed—Controlling the Yips

Gold instructor Michael Breed shares ideas on dealing with the yips.

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‘It Took 10 Years to Recover’: The Story of Scott Boswell and the Yips

What if you had the chance to realise a dream you had harboured since childhood and it went horribly wrong?

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Dr. Joaquin Farias’ Lecture on Dystonia at Harvard University

Dr. Farias talks about dystonia, a movement disorder.

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Twisties and Yips: Simone Biles Reveals a Powerful Mind-Body Connection

“We are not really good at fully understanding the relationship between the brain and the mind, or the brain and performance."

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Markelle Fultz, the Yips, and What He Can Learn from Baseball l Foolish Investigations

After answering the age-old question of “what are yips?,” I investigate the many baseball-related flavors that this affliction comes in.

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Baseball Was My Life. Then I Stopped Being Able to Throw the Ball.

It’s called the yips, and it’s a sudden inability to play. I had to find my way out of it.

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The Best Drill to Fix your Chipping Yips Forever | Mr. Short Game

How do you fix your chipping yips? In this video I show you how can can have a world class short game and hit the shots you want without fear of the chunk, skull or whatever else messes you up around the greens.

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