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Andy Bass's Experience with the Yips
- Andy Bass, a former minor league pitcher, discusses his experience with the "yips."
- He describes the terror and anxiety he felt, which was so severe that he prayed to be taken out of games.
Understanding the Yips
- The "yips" are a sudden inability to perform an automatic movement, unrelated to injury or mental health conditions.
- It's a psychological performance issue, often triggered by focusing on mechanics when the issue is mental.
Coaching Athletes with the Yips
- Instead of focusing on mechanics, ask struggling athletes about their feelings and thought processes.
- Compare their current mental state to when they performed well to identify the mental block.