Cure The Yips

"I once missed a 6-inch putt for birdie." A golfer with the yips 

The yips. One of the most dreaded words in the game of golf. The yips are a psychoneuromuscular (psychological and neurological) affliction whose symptoms include jerks, tremors, and freezing over short putts. Although most prevalent during putting, the yips can also occur on short chips and pitch shots, both of which require precision. It’s also possible to have driving yips. The yips are typically triggered or exacerbated by competitive anxiety but can even plague weekend golfers.

The yips are comprised of two issues. The first is a flight or fight response – a feeling of just wanting to hit the ball and get it over with and get out of there.

The second is that the yips are usually a result of something being triggered that reminds you of a past social situation when you were very embarrassed or humiliated (usually from childhood or adolescence). Your conscious mind wouldn’t necessarily remember the core event or connect the two, but your body does and develops the yips.

Then of course you have more embarrassing and humiliating situations as a golfer with the yips and it just compounds the original onset.

I get to that core event and neutralize it physiologically, and then we neutralize past golf traumas with the yips, and finally address the fight or flight habit your body has developed.


Stacey Vornbrock, M.S. is available to work with you using EFT to cure the yips: 

• In person
• By phone

Please call Stacey directly for availability at (480) 945-9750 or contact her by email to request services.