Overcoming The Yips Cycle Do you fear making a throwing error? Have the yips made you apprehensive to take the field and lowered your overall confidence? The yips can affect baseball players of all ability levels. For example, the yips have altered how Chicago Cub starting pitcher Jon Lester plays the game. Lester has 127 wins over the course of … Throwing Yips Article>>
Does Jon Lester Have The Yips When Throwing to First? On Tuesday’s “High Heat,” Christopher Russo suggests that Jon Lester’s issue with the yips attempting a pickoff at first base is overblown. Does he lose his grip on the ball or does he have the full blown throwing or pitching yips? For five years no one noticed Lester having trouble … Throwing Yips Article>>
The Throwing Yips in Baseball Ryan Zimmerman had a well-documented case of the throwing yips… It is clear to see that Ryan Zimmerman has the throwing yips. He gets these balls hit directly towards him and as soon as he goes to throw them they are too wide, they hit the ground, or the other player can’t attempt to catch … Throwing Yips Article>>
How Can You Move Past The Yips? Although the yips are most commonly associated with golf putting or chipping, the problem is now becoming more known across the sporting world. Currently, the yips have come to media attention that baseball pitchers are suffering from the throwing yips as well. Pitchers are faced with a tremendous amount of pressure, particularly when … Throwing Yips Article>>
How Do You Know if You Have The Yips? Not every baseball player will get the throwing yips during his career. However, baseball players will have ups and downs during their career or experience a throwing slump, which may not be caused by the yips. How do you know you have the throwing yips and you are not in a … Throwing Yips Article>>
The Throwing Yips in Baseball What are the throwing yips in baseball or softball? The throwing yips are another variety of the “yips.” I have worked with many players who had problems with the golf yips and the throwing yips. The throwing yips, although rare in baseball, are super hard to shake because the players stay stuck in a “yips … Throwing Yips Article>>