Here’s Smylie and Jason Dufner on identifying what exactly they are, and how to fight back, with the help from former pitcher and Navy SEAL Jason Kuhn. Check out the full interview available now on YouTube and pod platforms!
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when we talk about the yips for you with the putting stuff do you think that it was more so technique and that led you to feeling like this is now a mental battle i think it only happens to certain types of people if you’re fairly self-conscious it’ll flare on you right and I finally found a guy his name’s Jason he used to be a pitcher that had the yips was Navy Seal sniper and and Jason agrees with this and I came to the same conclusion is your subconscious kicks in right and your subconscious says “Hey remember last time we were in this situation?” You could have a technical issue because of an injury that’s painful could be emotionally painful or mentally painful your subconscious kicks in and you go right into that flight mode fight or flight right i had a technical issue that led to poor putting that eventually turned into guard tissue your subconscious is constantly telling you in life hey be careful about this um it doesn’t know putting or driving isn’t life-threatening but it knows that the situation has been painful and you can either go into the flight mode or you can fight and that’s where Jason developed his protocols is through when you’re in the military they teach you to override that flight and you go right to the fight you know it’ probably be something I deal with my whole career but now I have different ways of managing
