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Another Spin
Dave Stockton: "On the Yips" -I never suffered from the yips,
although shoulder putters argue that I am highly susceptible
to them. The reason I don't get the yips is because I use a
putter with a lot of loft, which prompts me to forward press.
In other words, the yips are solely created by jumpy nerves,
which can be exaggerated by "hitting" the ball instead of
stroking it. Sometimes they caused by poor mechanics,
which are in turn the result of using the wrong kind of
equipment. Simple as that.
On the waggle: "I must emphasize that making a forward press
and then stopping defeats the purpose. You essentially end
up starting again from a standstill. Instead, think of the forward
press as the start of the backstroke."
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