Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game More on the Yips – Jim Waldron #308
May 10, 2024
Jim Waldron, a renowned golf coach and expert on the psychology of the yips, returns to share profound insights on overcoming this common issue in golf. He examines why the yips are on the rise, attributing it to an overload of technical input and the danger of binary thinking in chipping. Waldron illustrates the unconscious causes of the yips and emphasizes the importance of decoupling self-worth from performance. He discusses using golf as a transformative tool, encouraging players to embrace failure, regain joy, and foster genuine connection.
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Technical Overload Creates Contamination
- The surge in online technical golf instruction overloads the conscious mind and creates movement 'contamination'.
- Jim Waldron links this contamination to rising yips by forcing conscious manipulation of rapid actions.
Master A Classic No‑Wrist Chip First
- Learn a no-wrist classical chip first with slight forward shaft lean and a 5–10° descending attack.
- Only add controlled wrist action after mastering the basic chip-and-run technique.
Yips Are The Unconscious Protecting You
- The unconscious creates the yips with a positive intention: to prevent you hitting a bad shot.
- Reframing the yips as protective reduces anxiety and opens treatment paths.
