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    Golf Yips: Practical Exercises and Mental Routines to Overcome The Yips
    Golf Yips: Practical Exercises and Mental Routines to Overcome The Yips
    Golf Yips: Practical Exercises and Mental Routines to Overcome The Yips
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    Golf Yips: Practical Exercises and Mental Routines to Overcome The Yips

    By Jonathan Adler

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    Over the last 10 years or more, the Author, Jonathan Adler, has been helping golfers to overcome their yips. Here he shares his experiences and techniques.
    "You may be surprised to learn about the true cause of your yips.
    It is not a mechanical issue. Although it is true to say that when you play your chip shot or your putt, your technique does break down, this is not the cause of the problem.
    Trying to fix your technique does not address the cause of the problem. It is like removing the leaves of a weed. It may temporarily seem to have cured the problem but unless you get to the root and pull it out, your problems will remain.
    No, the true cause of your yips is you. Your very own mind has become conditioned to respond in this way when you play your chip or putt. Isn’t this why when you are feeling relaxed, perhaps practicing alone, your yip can be less severe?
    The way out of the problem lies in the same place. Inside You.
    You must strengthen and condition your mind to remain calm and concentrated when you play these shots.
    The exercises and routines in this e-book, if practiced regularly, will do just that, strengthen and condition your mind.
    If you are patient and persistent you are bound to be successful in overcoming your yips"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJonathan Adler
    Release dateMay 12, 2014
    ISBN9781311482631
    Golf Yips: Practical Exercises and Mental Routines to Overcome The Yips
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    Jonathan Adler

    My coaching style is very practical, with the emphasis on self discovery for the golfers I work with. Most of our work is done with the players swinging a golf club on the range or putting on the practice green.My job as Performance Coach is to get my clients playing their best golf when it matters.My goal is to enable you to learn for yourself what works and what doesn't work with regard to focusing your mind well. As well as being a Performance Coach to some great golfers I consider myself to be a student of the game of golf. I have been coaching golfers of all abilities for seventeen years, from Touring Pro's to Amateurs. If you are struggling on the golf course then contact me, I can help you.to play your best golf when it matters.

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      Golf Yips - Jonathan Adler

      The Cause of the Yips

      Over the last 10 years or more, I have begun to help more and more golfers to overcome their yips. You may be surprised to learn about the true cause of your yips.

      It is not a mechanical issue. Although it is true to say that when you play your chip shot or your putt your technique does break down this is not the cause of the problem. Trying to fix your technique does not address the cause of the problem. It is like removing the leaves of a weed. It may temporarily seem to have cured the problem but unless you get to the root and pull it out, your problems will remain.

      No, the true cause of your yips is you. Your very own mind has become conditioned to respond in this way when you play your chip or putt. Isn’t this why when you are feeling relaxed, perhaps practicing alone, your yip can be less severe?

      The way out of the problem lies in the same place. Inside You.

      You must strengthen and condition your mind to remain calm and concentrated when you play these shots.

      Developing your mental faculty will not happen overnight, so please, do not expect miracles. You need to be very patient with yourself and understand that your salvation lies within you. The very same mind that got you into this problem will try and undermine your efforts to resolve the problem by encouraging you to leave the techniques within this book at the first hurdle or at any difficulty that you face.

      YOU WILL FACE DIFFICULTIES WHEN OVERCOMING YOUR YIPS.

      You will need to be very persistent. Please mark this paragraph and read it again before moving on and come back to it frequently.

      With practice, patience and persistence you are bound to be successful.

      This e-book will take you on a journey, a journey within yourself. It will question your attitudes and beliefs about golf and about yourself. If you start this journey with a closed mind you will find problems all along it and never reach the end. So open your mind, let go of any preconceived ideas about your yips and be open to learning a new way of approaching your chipping or putting. These techniques have helped many individuals overcome their yips, from European Tour Professionals to High Handicappers. Every one of these people has had a different journey, each of them had to walk their own individual path to freedom. No one can take one step along this path for you. You must take every step yourself but I can show you the path that many others have taken.

      Good luck and enjoy your journey,

      Jon Adler

      My Yips

      I have had some direct experience of the yips myself. When I first joined my golf club, in 2001, I began playing golf with a group who had been playing together for years. I joined in with them and at that time, although I had played golf, I wasn't that aware of all the rules and etiquette that go along with playing in a monthly medal. I was unsure of myself. I had started my coaching business but at this time I was only just beginning to coach golfers and was still using the positive thinking approach that had been shown to me and that I had studied, which included Hypnosis and NLP.

      Also these guys were pretty good golfers. So when I first started playing with them I was nervous. Did I stand on your line? Is it my turn to putt? Sorry for being too slow. And so on. Throw in a few barbed comments from the group and I was left feeling a little out of my comfort zone, to say the least.

      Then one day I missed a three foot putt. Nothing that unusual there, my playing partners threw in a few sarcastic comments, and I prepared for the one coming back. This one was a two foot putt and I missed it, which was met with a stony silence from my playing partners.

      For the rest of the round I missed lots of short putts. After the round I could not wait to leave the golf club. I was embarrassed and had never before experienced that level of performance anxiety. I was shocked that it could happen to me. Did I just develop the yips?

      Having recently learned all about my mind and how it works (or so I was led to believe) I decided to be more positive on the greens the next time out. I would imagine my ball rolling in to the hole and believe that I could make it happen. So it was with renewed optimism that I played the next time and I fully expected to be fine. On the first hole, as golf often does, I was given just the test that I needed, I was left with a three foot putt. I put all doubt out of my mind and imagined the ball rolling into the hole. Then as I stood over the putt and pulled the putter back, the doubt came right back and I yipped it. It was a sharp twitch in my right hand at impact. It scared me. Oh no! Not again!

      After a long tortuous round of golf, I headed home. I decided to change tack. I found a belly putter and used this for some

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