See If You Have The Yips

Dr. Richard Crowley

Many of the points listed in the “yips” survey above, were also reported by some of Major League Baseball’s classic players who had yips throwing problems and slumps. They include Chuck Knoblauch, Mackey Sasser, Steve Blass, Mark Wohlers, Steve Sax, Rick Ankiel, and even outfielder Shawn Green. Rick Ankeil not only threw wild pitch after wild pitch but could not come close to the mound without suffering severe anxiety. Ankeil’s yips throwing problems as a pitcher disappeared once he was made an outfielder. When figures like these reported the descriptions listed above, you can see the problem of the yips and how they manifest themselves in your game as well.

Dr. Richard “Yips” Crowley can cure the baseball “yips” and reconnect your mental game and mental toughness in about two hours over the telephone. Click here to see if you have the yips!

dr@sportsmaker.com

Phone: 805-868-3800

How do you know if you have baseball’s throwing problem, the yips? You’re always the first to know. You knew it the moment you threw the ball and it didn’t feel like it was you throwing. You thought, “What the heck just happened? That was weird! I never did that before.” That weird feeling is how the yips begin. The yips may persist or even disappear for a while only to come back again and again. You may find yourself guiding the ball as you can’t figure out why your hand, wrist or arm feels so weird. You’re fearful to just let it rip. As the yips continue, you lose your mental game, mental toughness and doubt yourself as a baseball ballplayer and have to “think” about your mechanics for the first time, ever. There is a proven and documented cure for the yips that brings you back to your mental game and mental toughness with no more problems throwing the ball. After a couple of hours over the phone with “the Yips Doc”, you’re having fun playing baseball again.

No fluidity throwing.

No longer throwing hard and firm.

After surgery something holds me back.

Problems focusing and concentrating.

Over thinking

Anxiety.

Something negative always on my mind.

Timing is off.

Struggling on the mound or plate.

Slumps.

Dead arm.

Feeling disconnected.

Problem throwing bullets.

Inconsistent.

Control issues.

Pressured to be perfect.

Play well in practice, tense in game.

Self confidence issues.

Forget hitting strategy once in the box.

Throw 10 ft. In front of the pitcher / over his head.

Problem throwing only one place (2nd to 1st)

Down / depressed.

Guiding the ball.

Lobbing the ball.

Wanting to give up the game I love.

Inability to feel the release point.

Inconsistent release point.

Death grip on the ball.

Releasing ball too late or too soon.

Unable to respond to coaches expert advise.

Increased practice doesn’t improve game.

Mechanical difficulties make no sense.

Improvement at practice gets lost in a game.

Everything tried so far doesn’t work.

Becoming your own worst enemy.

Missing location.

Command is off.

Negative attitude affecting game.

Concerned about disappointing others.

Pressured meeting expectations.

Self judging and criticizing

Inner frustration and anger causing problems.

Persistent throwing problems.

Arm becomes stiff and robotic.

Bothered by embarrassing / humiliating memory.

Self doubting or second guessing.

Worried about throwing the ball away.

Ball doesn’t feel comfortable in hand.

Tingling sensation in hand.

Numbness in arm or hand.

Can’t find the strike zone.

Forgotten stance.

Whipping action problem in wrist / arm.

Forgotten how to throw.

Lost feel for delivery.

Lost feel for hitting.

Velocity loss for no reason.

Problem throwing pick off.

Loss of accuracy.

2 or 3 hopping the ball.

Not having fun anymore.

Problem when someone is behind who I’m throwing to.

Error prone.

Hard on myself.

Fielding errors.

Not locked in.

Wrist locks while throwing.

Can’t buy a hit.

Chasing pitcher.

Committing errors.

Difficulty turning off negative thoughts.

Rushing the delivery.

Fear of failure.

Can’t throw well if anyone is behind target.

Giving up on myself.

Bend in elbow.

Fear of success.

Clutch situations.

Negative attitude.

Nervous in the batting box.

Nervous when people are watching.

Can’t throw short / throw it away.

Double pumping.

Thrown it into the dirt.

Throw out of player’s reach.

Missing my spots.

Holding on to the ball too long.

Hitter’s anxiety.

Mechanics/velocity not the same since injury.

Rushing through delivery.

Loose feel of ball off fingers.

Forced delivery.

Arms lock

Battling myself.

Problem throwing around the horn.

Arm is not connecting to my brain.

Analyzing and agonizing more.

Tense shoulders when nervous.

Problem began when scouts / teams were interested.

Problem persists in spite of sports psychology motivation, reviewing videos etc.

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