What Causes Golf Putting Yips!

 

One of the biggest fears in golf, is that of the dreaded Golf Putting Yips! yet there are no definitive answers as to what causes golf putting yips, only theories! In my opinion, it is a psychological issue!

If we remove the technical issues of Golf Putting aside for a second, and assume that you have a competent putting setup and good putting techniques, then the main difference between being a good golf putter and a poor one is Confidence! Most golfers at some point or another will have experienced the sensation of standing over a putt and knowing the you are going to hole it, even before you have made the stroke.

A few might say this is down to psycho kinesis (the ability of the mind to move an object without physical means) but of course what is really happening is that you are in a positive state of mind! your body is stress free and feels at ease, which allows you to make your best possible putting stroke. This in turn, will give the golf ball the est possible chance of finding the bottom of the hole, and often does!

 

Golf Putting Yips - What are the Causes?

In simple terms, Golf Putting Yips is a fear of missing or failing to make a putt, your state of mind is negative and your brain is telling you that there is no possible chance of holing that 4 foot putt! This fear creates a spasmatic reflex reaction in the hands and will tend to affect the shorter putts, as these are the putts that one would normally be expected to make, and the ones that case the most embarrassment when missed!

Every experience that you have in life is stored somewhere in your brain! Most of these memories will have been forgotten, as they made no particular impression. However, a traumatic missed putt or a series of missed putts that may have cost you in competition or caused you embarrassment are stored away in your active recall memory, which comes back to haunt you, when you are in a similar situation. Golf putting yips loves this and thrives on these situations!!

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