FINALLY A CURE FOR THE YIPS 

I’m a sufferer and this video is useful

Thanks! I’ve suffered for years with this affliction on short putts. I’ve tried left hand low and the claw. I used the claw on short putts as that is where my problems occur. It really helped for a while but recently I’ve allowed the right hand to take over again and this video convinced me to allow my right hand to be passive. Thanks again!

I suffered with the yips for a few years. Went from 1hcp to 4. Always tinkered with my grip on the practice green but as soon as I changed to a saw/claw grip on the course my putting improved and probably the strongest part of my game now. Still have the odd bad day like you were saying in the vid but the change in grip made a huge difference. Great vid, hope your man can enjoy the game now!

Thanks for this excellent post. The Left Right brain thing made sense. I tried the claw grip and instantly went Yipless. Thanks again

Thanks for making a video about real yips. I just recently cured my 22 year long yips and hopefully my solution can help someone that reads the comments. I hold with my normal grip I used before I had yips but I only use my spine to swing the club. By tilting left and slightly moving hips right to keep center over ball then reverse downswing. It looks like you are doing "pendulum" with your arms, but there is no arms involved. Bit hard to explain, but I recommend watching videos about Stack & Tilt where they talk about tilting the spine. It's the same concept and it seems to work because there is no muscle movement from the arms, they are just locked in place. I can still have a normal strength grip, because it seems the yips is not connected to the gripping part, but it's when you use the muscles in your arm(s) to move the club.

Thank you! That’s a great explanation of why the yips happen, I also suffer from them, but will try a physical change as you suggest to see if I can cure my yips 👍

Great vid! Definitely given me some ideas to take to the practice area 👍

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Worked for me! Many thanks.

Hi Jamesy I cannot emphasize how bad a have the yips, I have went from a guy that one opponent lost it ,said that’s not a putter it’s an # magic wand , made his apologies and walked off the course I have always been pretty good with it. Then while putting one day I felt like an electric shock went through my body and my left arm pulled up topping the ball. Not only that it’s now in my pitching, chunk , thin , miss it altogether I can’t wait to try out your thoughts on putting. Do you think you could a video on chipping for me as this has really devastated my game to the extent of not really wanting to go out and play. Can you even help me even a wee bit Jamsey. Ian from Aberdeen Scotland

Like what I saw in this video. I definitely having the Yips like this gentleman. However, I am a lefty. I will try to see which hand has the most negative effects and bring these yips. However, if man yips comes from the right hand, how could you diminish his impact in the putting stroke? And how could you minimize it on long puts?

great video. I've certainly got the yips but only on short putts 3/4 feet or under. Longer putts not an issue. I have employed the claw grip for some time now. I got rid of the yips and they have just returned..... horrible and putting me off the game which I really love. Practice swing is fine...as is my putting when practising. The issue only comes alive when playing the course - even when just for fun. Any ideas?

Great video 👍

Great Video! I am a golfer with a 20 handicap. Everyone agrees that I have the skills of a 10. Drive well, good irons, good with wedges I can draw and fade reliably. Putting however has become a real problem. So much tension. I knock it to 2 to 6 foot, because I have the KP I have to wait to see everybody else put with or without success. (Too much time for me to think about what can go wrong). I step up and stab at the ball or push or pull. I have recently changed to left hand low but that only worked for a short time. Birdies turn into bogies or doubles. What do you have for me, I'm ready to quit?

Good video James. Have you ever watched bagger vance? Scene where boy has eyes closed while making repeated stroke then ball is put down when he doesn't notice, then holes the putt. Golf is all in what you see and subconsciously see. I agree that physical change helps. Kind of a way to create a new method. But thumbs up on vid mate. Need to maybe get to torquay one day, maybe with the big OGGIE 👍

I went to claw many years ago and it worked for a while until I was in the lead in another tournament and it showed up again. Just touching the putter with my right hand causes a weird uncontrollable pulse at impact. It even happens with my eyes closed right at Impact. I am very coordinated and do all sports really well. The yips has caused me to abandon golf. Delicate chipping and putting is so disheartening. I still play like a scratch golfer from the tee box to around the green or no closer than 10 feet to the pin. Its really unbelievable

Playing for 20 years or so , i got the yips 10 years in, the only way that cured it is to change technique, i went to 2 grip long putter, hands separate .

Missing putts is not yips. Its a brain function that sends a electrical pulse to your hands. It only gets my right hand. I have to putt left handed or putt with my wedge. I have to chip with my left hand only. It sucks. I was a scratch golfer with great feel.