I've had the yips for the past 5 years. It's an involuntary twitch/spasm with my right hand, just before impact with the putter. Drives me nuts. Having to putt left handed just to get around the course.

I have battled the yips for 30 years, but I am not embarrassed when they occur. Its a disorder. Should all be people with disorders be embarrassed? Not sure you really understand yips. Btw, I fixed my putting yips going to claw and now I am good putter. Does that match your explanation? Fixing the driver yips is harder because of no claw cure

Hi Brett, just wanted to let you know that your advice on how to overcome the yips worked for me. At 69 years old I’m still able to generate a driver swing speed of 97-101 mph. My index has been slowly increasing from 2.0 - 4.6. I’m struggling with consistency within the round. For example I hit 10 of 14 fairways yesterday, was only able to hit 5 greens. However, I was even par thru the front nine and went double double. And ended up 9 over par. The worst 9 hole score I’ve had in my adult life. Help!

Immensely valuable video.

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He is such a gem 💎.. I want to be 1st Michael Phelps

Thanks for the video; I’m former D1 golfer and mini-tour player; been fighting driver yips now for about 20 years. They usually show up when there is trouble on both sides (ex; water left and ob right). It’s a terrible feeling when Bob shows up. I always hope it is late in a round or towards the end of tournament vs the 2nd hole of a tournament. This happened to me this past weekend in the State Mid AM; hole 2 round 1. Seems to happen on same holes of certain courses. Guessing from previous scar tissue.

"BRAVO" EXCELLENT VIDEO

What he said about college golf and if you’re serious do you really need to go. Very big point

Hey Bhrett, saw your live on yips. I want to learn more. I’m 68 3 hdcp. Former PGA pro. I’ve developed yips from 3 feet in but only in tournaments. I believe the root is the fear of failure. In casual rounds I will tap in with one hand putting stroke. If I miss I convince myself I would have made it if I had “ really tried “. I believe that when you talked about intent, and having a plan when Bob shows up is going to be my path out. I’m interested in learning more.

I have the worst case of chip yips on the planet. I have tried everything. Starting to think it is unmanageable and ready to quit golf.

When Coach Saban retired, the first person I hoped the new coach would retain was Ginger

Presenter has had life's moments as a human being. Apparently, lots of stories will help the yipes.

Thanks Coach!

Hi Brett - Love your work and simplifying a better approach to golf. What I fail to understand is why we don't treat golf like throwing any object most the time you just pick something up and hurl it at a target and the results are pretty decent, why do we have to make golf so technical??? In order to make improvements in a golf swing how is it possible with the rabbit hole of swing tips on KZbin, IG etc. One last thing pertaining to myself is why am I so curious and won't trust, accept a process from either highly credited swing coaches??? Thanks again keep up the great work!!!

Ive had my philosophy, mission statement, and core values written down for over 2 years and I'm 22. However, I'm always second guessing myself on what I believe. I want to pick 100 things but I can't. Short is sweet.

I have 2 scotty camerons i have used for the last 20 years or so (red x and kombi s) and i have never been this exited about a putter. I thought of i was going to be a shitty putter for my whole life, but this gives me hope. Some people say the 2.1 is ugly but i think it is 1 of the most beautiful,confident inspiring putters i have ever seen. I cant wait to get my swing video back. Sam hahn you look like you would have went to grateful dead shows.

Thanks Bhrett. Your diagnosis is spot on what I have. I'm now looking forward to practice today to start working on this. Appreciate the video and the clarity.

Lol very different day in age where seeing all the parents at every game who were road warriors in youth ball, was a good thing 😂😂.. nowadays, win or lose, travel ball parents are a lot more chirpey

Thank you coach! This is a great wake up call!

The end of this video did not contain how to break the yips. It was not in episode 4. I agree 100% the yips are like a panic attack that I can't stop!

Wonder who that guy who got the college offer was

These two people know very little about mental advantage in sports.

Thank you guys

It’s so sad that he doesn’t exclusively narrate his own books. He’s a great author, with a very unique voice

Wtf was this about!!!

In this day and age the answer is NOOOOO! Noone whats to work hard anymore. I learned the term “quietly quitting “ from my 28 yr old daughter . I fear for our future.

Totally agree

So true. Break down the distance you feel best on your approach to the green

Great stuff

Should have been 40😂😂😂. Great stuff

Great segment

Great comments in this video.

So true. Great stuff

Great advice

So true

Great video, love your stuff! I'm really intrested in that drill you showed in the begining, looks great! Where can i find it?

I decided to coach my daughters rec little league softball team because her 1st year was a disaster coach wise and I didn't want to deal with that again or have her experience that again. I have played and both my daughters have played. I have no idea how to coach but I don't want to wing it so I am researching how to coach and found this video. Thank you for your passion on this topic because I had no idea I needed this.

This was great! Love Willy's perspective. I lived in Birmingham for some time and it was a kick seeing his tour bag in the pro shop at Highlands. I only found out about him after the Fire Pit article and it's been great seeing his success with Ben Carr and Sung Jae. Best going forward for both of y'all. Keep up the great podcasts.

This video was just what i needed to see. This deserves more views. I now have better understanding on how to improve my craft. Thanks a bunch!

This is a great podcast. I watched it 3x in a row. Many messages, many levels about subject matter, process and the writer. It is about self as well. Well done.

Great video! I enjoyed it and want to expand on my mindset developed as a pitcher and how it guides my golf game and all areas of life. Pitchers and position players have vastly different expectations and experiences on the baseball field. Position players (hitters) are taught that the game of baseball is a game of failure and to succeed three out of 10 chances at the plate is good. They will only have three or four chances to effect the score of the game. That means in inverse is true for pitchers and a pitcher is expected to be successful seven or more times per 10 at bats. As you said in the video, your capacity and capability are different things. A pitcher might have the capacity to throw three pitches with great precision--but the capability to do it changes every time you step on a mound. I believe that when talent is relatively level, what differentiates great players from others is how quickly and accurately they can make adjustments. A great pitcher can find the proper adjustments to make that day to be able to use their pitches successfully. A great hitter will find the proper adjustments to make pitch by pitch, maybe even mid-pitch. These adjustments are physical and mental. For the pitcher, the game played within the game is the mental chess between the himself and hitter paired with the personal psychodrama playing out in his mind with every pitch, and the most influential character in that drama is his confidence. To be successful, a pitcher must have genuinely conviction in his ability to make the pitch he is about to throw and the slightest bit of doubt in a pitcher's mind while coming set or delivering the pitch will almost always yield a bad result...occasionally you will get lucky, but experience tells me this is when walks, wild pitches, hit by pitches, doubles, and homeruns occur far more often than when throwing a good pitch and the hitter somehow still beats you. The tricky part is balancing confidence and humility. Baseball will humble you over and over again and as a pitcher you will be tasked with immediately getting back on the mound after being humbled and it can be an incredibly lonely place to be. In those moments, you experience all of your doubts and insecurities within your psychodrama as loud as can be, but you must have the mental fortitude and flexibility to allow your confidence to reclaim the space in your mind as quickly as possible in order to have any chance of success. "So what, next pitch," was a common thing I would tell myself to achieve this. I never golfed until after my pitching days were over, yet I long idolized Tiger Woods' mentality, especially his ability to bounce back after a poor shot/hole. This mindset really made me fall in love with golf as soon as I tried it.

Great conversation

Thanks Coach!!! You pissed me off 😂😂😂 I immediately began cleaning up my coaching philosophy

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Another great guest. This was so informative. Keep it coming!

I swear these putters are made by witchcraft lol. Tried my buddy’s DF 2.1 for the first time yesterday, and just like in Bill’s demonstration it didn’t matter where I hit the ball off the face. Dead center, off the toe, or off the heel, the ball started on its line, rolled true, and fell over the center of the cup. It was unreal.

Missed this yesterday due to match play event and this happened to me. My driver went off the rails and I was unable to get it back! Experienced anger at myself, self doubt, and hopelessness that trickled down through all my clubs

Thank you for hope.

Came in 2nd my tournament! Shot 75 today. Lowest ever in a state event! I really went through my tendencies after the podcast and came up with a plan to put into action on the course if they showed up so I wouldn’t get so frustrated and lost. And it worked like magic!! Thank you!!!