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Kalamazoo, MI
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Posted: Mar/02/2009 7:13 AM PST
My purpose in posting this information is to make my fellow golfers aware of a significant discovery I made regarding the putting yips - and if I can help other golfers cure their yips so much the better.
I'm an avid golfer and passionate about the game, but for years I suffered from the yips. The "yips" for those who may not know are a putting disorder that make putting almost impossible due to the uncontrollable jerks and shakes of the hands it causes in golfers. In fact, the Mayo Clinic has just completed a series of studies on the yips.
However, back in 2006, I discovered a simple putting technique that cured my yips. I am not claiming that my technique will help all golfers who have the yips - given the different levels of severity with the yips and how they affect golfers differently. But I am confident that my technique will be able to help many golfers who suffer from this "maddening" condition and to me that was worth sharing.
So I wrote a book about my technique, and it was published by AuthorHouse just last fall. The book is targeted to golfers who have the yips and avid golfers and beginners who want to improve their game.
The title of the book is: "Master golf...and you master life itself." (or How I cured my yips...yeah, you heard me.) It's more of a golfer's handbook - a paperback that can fit in your golf bag for easy reference and it's written in a light-hearted tone and provides helpful tips for avid golfers and beginners to improve their game. The book was featured as a "great read" from AuthorHouse in the New York Times last November, and it's available online at AuthorHouse.com as well as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
My book was also requested by the office of Dr. Charles Adler from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. They requested a copy to review once they completed their recent studies on the yips.
As someone who knows the frustration of having the yips - I want to make as many golfers as I can aware of my putting technique so that those who have the yips can give my technique a try. I have been putting "yip-free" since 2006 and if I can help other golfers cure their yips that would be great! Not only that, but I think golfers in general will enjoy some of my golf "insights" from the book, such as: "The secret to saving your round after a bad hole, if you think about it...is not to think about it." - or - "In golf, distance is more important on the green than it is off the tee."
If you are a golfer with the yips or you know someone who has the yips - you can get more information from my website at: www.mastergolfenterprises.com. I hope my putting technique works as well for you as it has for me.
Take care and play well.
Kurt in Kalamazoo
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san clemente
Joined: 1/14/2008
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Posted: Mar/03/2009 9:08 PM PST
Heck my man your first post was darn near a book, And why should we spend good money on your advice? have you won anything of note or been the teacher of any player we might know? Heck I know four ways to cure the yips 1 shorten your stroke, my wife likes that one.2 try a long putter, you may not make more but your back wont hurt from bending over picking up balls 3 stop drinking the day before not an hour before you play 4 start drinking ,again you may not make more but you wont much care, then your stroke will even right out. We are not here to buy your gear and if you wish to peddle it to us hire a couple of your kissing cousins and film a commercial
then pay somebody to air it.
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Joined: 10/17/2009
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Posted: Oct/17/2009 5:02 PM PST
Eliminating Yips By Strengthening The Putting Triangle
What is the Putting Triangle?
. Dave Pelz introduces the concept of the putting triangle of Figure 1 in describing pendulum motion with a fixed period independent of distant to hole. Dave Pelz in his “Dave Pelz’s Putting Bible” book defines it as the muscles between the two shoulders and wrists. “A pendulum stroke works under pressure because adrenaline-filled muscles don’t get to determine how far the ball rolls. In this stroke, putting speed and roll are determined solely by the length of the stroke motions. As a result, if you practice controlling speed this way, you can be sure that it will work on the course and under pressure the same way. And that’s what you want.”
A Cure for Yips
Yips can be defined as inadvertent wrist action during the putting stroke. The idea behind its elimination is to strengthen the putting triangle..
Do the following experiment:
Without the club-
1. Bend forward from the waist and let the arms hang relaxed in front of you.
2. Point your left thumb down so that it is inline with your left arm.
3. Reach across with your right arm and grasp the thumb with your right hand.
4. Pull down on the thumb so that you feel muscles tightening in both arms and across your chest.
You’ve just strengthened the putting triangle Now in actuality, when using the putter, in step 3 you would be grasping the putter grip instead. In step 4, you would be pulling down on the club, but the results are the same, whereby the putting triangle is strengthened. No more yips!!
Yips Can Be a Problem Even For The Best
As stated in the book Golf For Dummies --
“Some of the best players in history have had their careers — at least at the top level — cut short by the yips. Ben Hogan, perhaps the steeliest competitor ever, was one such player. His great rival, Sam Snead, was another. Arnold Palmer had a mild case of the yips. Bobby Jones winner of the Grand Slam in 1930, had the yips. So did Tommy Armour, a brave man who lost an eye fighting in the trenches during World War I and then later won a British Open and a PGA Championship, but whose playing career was finished by his inability to hole short putts. Peter Alliss, a commentator on ABC found that he couldn’t even move the putter away from the ball toward the end of his career. “
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