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    Default The yips! What's worked for you??

    So I have the yips. Have done for 12 years of playing. I seriously need to fix this.

    Now has anyone done a drill or routine that has helped??

    I'm not talking technique at all. I'm talking about the spasm in the hands over short putts that comes from the mental side of things.

    I've tried closing my eyes over the ball and the like. But I can't seem to stop. Long putter hasn't helped.

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    Hit up your mates to borrow their putters for an afternoon on the putting green...find the style you're most comfortable with and go from there.

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    I have a putter that was built for me. I love it! I just can't make the stroke smooth from under 6ft

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    I am prone to opening the hands on short putts, only thing that works for me is to commit to stroke and make a solid follow through, not decelerate.

    I need to see the ball hitting the back of the cup, not steering it in with my hands
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    Have you tried a thicker putter grip like a superstroke?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt 3 Jab View Post
    I have a putter that was built for me. I love it! I just can't make the stroke smooth from under 6ft
    I realise I shouldn't be giving advice, but I was given a tip from someone on here that helped me immensely..
    never take the putter past your feet, and always follow through.
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    Practice putting is useless for yippers, because when you get on the course in comp it all changes. Practice this grip and that grip all you like, it won't matter.

    Find a grip that doesn't allow the right hand to shove and stick with it. It's either a DiMarco or a Sergio or even Mickelson now http://www.golfchannel.com/media/sch...ons-claw-grip/

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3oneday View Post
    Practice putting is useless for yippers, because when you get on the course in comp it all changes. Practice this grip and that grip all you like, it won't matter.

    Find a grip that doesn't allow the right hand to shove and stick with it. It's either a DiMarco or a Sergio or even Mickelson now http://www.golfchannel.com/media/sch...ons-claw-grip/

    It's all that's left
    Very true. It's all good in practice. But on course I'm a mess!!

    I'll have a look at the grips!

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    I have heard a few interesting Jim Waldron talks and interviews on the yips, the best being on the "golfsmarter" podcast. He has a heap of fixes and claims to be the authority on the subject.

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    Dunno if it helps with the yips, but a general putting tip I got many years ago that works for me is this: lock the angle of the left wrist and make the stroke by rocking the shoulders (arms, elbows, wrists etc. don't move).
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    Interestingly, I can use a normal grip when the greens are not fast, but seem to revert to it when greens are at their peak in winter.

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    Work out what hand breaks down in the action (mostly right for right handers) then work on methods to change your grip that eliminates the chance of this hand breaking down in the stroke ie the claw grip or just google a few grips and have a go. If unsuccessful putt left handed and try not to stutter.

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    I've got them too. Some days I can hole all the short putts, other days I can miss the hole completely on 2 foot putts.
    I've still got them and I'm definitely not qualified to give advice (but I will anyway ).
    I think on my better days I grip the putter nice and relaxed, someone told me once like you'd hold a tube of toothpaste without squeezing any out. And commit to the line of the putt and concentrate on the line.
    I've been told don't give away the hole and just whack it in to the back of the cup, but I can't get that working without being scared of knocking it 3 feet past and missing the one coming back.

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    True, the lighter the grip the better, almost so that someone should be able to pull the putter out of your hands with no resistance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt 3 Jab View Post
    Very true. It's all good in practice. But on course I'm a mess!!

    I'll have a look at the grips!
    How do you putt on the practice green?

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    I find the light grip flimsy. My right hand breaks down completely with a jerky action usually pushing it to the right.

    I've tried cross handed, claw and the broomy. Very frustrating for my game. Maybe I should try left handed for a change.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3puttpete View Post
    How do you putt on the practice green?
    I'm not a great putter generally. But I make a lot more putts on the practice green than on the course. It's funny because the slightest pressure on me to make a putt, even at mini golf, and the yips are there

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    I could have shown you on the weekend if I knew

    I went through this sort of thing a few times and everytime I try this silly 'move'...I putt off my back foot (ball in line with my big toe) and my left foot is behind my right foot but pointing at the hole, like this:

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    It is silly, works for me. Your weight is 75% on the back foot.

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    I wrap my forefinger over the shaft, rude finger touching the shaft and the thumb underneath, primarily putting with the left hand only with the right doing very little at all. Have done consistently for about 3 years. Occasionally change, but not for long.

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    I'll give it a go live! 14 greens and 38 putts. Got to do something!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt 3 Jab View Post
    I'm not a great putter generally. But I make a lot more putts on the practice green than on the course. It's funny because the slightest pressure on me to make a putt, even at mini golf, and the yips are there
    So it's not a putter, grip or grip problems a much as a head problem?

    Note: I miss putts because I'm crap, not because I'm scared.

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    100% in the mind. The problem is how do you solve the mind issue??


 

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