In golf, the yips is a movement disorder known to interfere with putting. The term yips is said to have been popularized by Tommy Armour — a golf champion and later golf teacher — to explain the difficulties that led him to abandon tournament play. PGA Tour wins (25 1920 (1 Pinehurst Fall Pro-Am Bestball (as an amateur with Leo Diegel) 1925 (1 Florida West Coast Open 1926 In describing the yips, golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks.

The yips affects between one-quarter and one-half of all mature golfers. ^[1] Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that 33 percent to 48 percent of all serious golfers have experienced the yips. Mayo Clinic is a Non-profit medical practice Its headquarters the Mayo Medical School and its research facilities are in Rochester Minnesota in Golfers who have played for more than 25 years appear to be most prone to the condition.

Although the exact cause of the yips has yet to be determined, one possibility is that, in some golfers, the condition may result from biochemical changes in the brain that accompany aging. Excessive use of the involved muscles and intense demands of coordination and concentration may make the problem worse. Focal dystonia is mentioned as another possibility for the real cause of yips. Focal Dystonia is a neurological condition affecting a muscle or muscles in a part of the body causing an undesirable muscular contraction or twisting

The yips are most commonly associated with putting, and renowned golf coach Hank Haney has written a book specific to the subject in his 2007 “Fix the yips forever”. Hank Haney (born August 24, 1955) is an American professional Golf instructor best known for coaching Tiger Woods and two time He is best known as the current coach of world number one player Tiger Woods. Background and family Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006 and Kultida (Tida Woods Haney goes on to explain in his book that the yips are not restricted to putting but are also a common, although often undiagnosed, problem amongst advanced players for putting as well as chipping yips and full swing yips.

The yips also affects other sports, mainly baseball, cricket, tennis, and Australian rules football. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players Guillermo Coria, tennis player from Argentina, who was number three in the world ranking, appears to suffer yips in his service. Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born January 13, 1982 in Rufino, Santa Fe Province) nicknamed El Mago ( The Magician Nick Riewoldt, a StKilda AFL player also suffers from the kicking yips. Nick Riewoldt (born 17 October 1982 is an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League. In cricket, bowlers who suffer from yips are those who have trouble releasing the ball at the end of their action, such as bowler Keith Medlycott. Keith Thomas Medlycott (born May 12, 1965 at Whitechapel, London) was an English Cricketer a left-arm spinner and middle order

Contents 1 Sufferers 2 External links 3 See also 4 References

Sufferers

• Cam Johnstone
• James Kellett
• Chuck Knoblauch
• Charles Barkley ^[2]
• So Taguchi
• Chuck Royce
• Bernhard Langer
• Tom McPoyle
• Johnny Miller

External links

• Article on CNN Health

See also

• Dartitis

References

1. ^ Smith et al. Edward Charles "Chuck" Knoblauch (ˈnɔbˌlɑk born July 7 1968 in Houston Texas) is a retired Major League Baseball player who played Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20 1963 is an American retired professional Basketball player is a Major League Baseball Outfielder who currently plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. Life and work Langer was born in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. PGA Tour Johnny Miller joined the PGA Tour in 1969 at age 22 and won his first tournament in 1971 Dartitis (pronounced dart-eye-tis is a condition which can affect dart players and severely damage their performance and results , 2000.
2. ^ The Grillroom : Charles Barkley - on golf - Brief Article - Interview

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