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GolfEase2000™
- Lose the Yips
- Focus Better
- Feel Great
Who gets the yips?
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that 33 percent to 48 percent
of all serious golfers have experienced the yips. Golfers who have played
for more than 10 years appear to be most prone to the condition.
Survey Says !
Golfers who have the yips also indicate that the condition comes
and goes, occurring more frequently during tournaments and competitive
play. It's estimated that the yips add about 4.7 strokes to the average
18-hole score of an affected player.
Some of the symptoms: (You can add to the list).
- Indecision or uncertainty in pre-shot.
- Indecision or uncertainty at address.
- Indecision or uncertainty in execution.
- Trust breaking down.
- Confidence faltering or disappearing.
- Tight arms.Knot in the gut.
- Weak knees. Coordination issues.
- Tense body movement.
- Changes in breathing.
- Grip pressure concerns.
- Negative self-talk.
- Being annoyed by outside noises and movements.
- Dwelling on a bad shot for more than 30 seconds.
- Complaining to other players in the group.
- Needing an extra drink in the 19th hole.
- Rushing to the range before playing to see if your swing survived last night's sleep.
- Forgetting something you needed until after the round has begun.
- The shot that goes wildly where you told it not to go.
- The "too quick" change of direction at the top of the swing.
- The "quick" takeaway.
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The term the yips is said to have been
popularized by Tommy Armour - a golf champion, later golf teacher - to explain
the difficulties that led him to abandon tournament play. In describing the
yips, golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks.
In a nutshell, the yips refer to involuntary motions of the hand or
wrist that can make effective putting all but impossible, even for the
most experienced and talented of golfers.
Though most golfers attribute the yips simply to choking on a key
putt, research indicates there's more to it than that.
Studies of golfers have indicated that, when putting, golfers
with the yips tend to differ from golfers without the yips.
Differences can be detected in:
- Brain activity. Golfers who putt
poorly appear to process more activity in the left brain
than the right brain, leading up to the putt, while better
putters use both sides of the brain about equally.
- Heart rate. Golfers with the yips
tend to have faster heart rates than those without the yips.
- Muscle activity. Golfers with the
yips seem to experience greater forearm and wrist muscle
activity.
- Grip force. Golfers with the yips
tend to grip the putter with greater force.
Though studies have shown that golfers who have the yips don't
seem to experience any more anxiety than those who don't, stress
does appear to play a role in the onset of the yips.
"Anyone who has been in the situation of being on stage and the focus of
attention knows that performance is influenced by much more than our
physical condition alone," says Edward Laskowski, M.D., a physical medicine
and rehabilitation specialist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and co-director
of Mayo Clinic's Sports Medicine Center.
Golfers who have experienced the yips report that the problem occurs
occasionally during practice, often during serious play and most frequently
in tournaments, suggesting that the greater the pressure, the more likely they
are to experience the yips.
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| "America's Number 1 Health Problem" |
Surveys and Research Reports over the past two decades reveal
that:
- 43% of all adults suffer adverse health effects due to
stress.
- 75-90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for
stress-related complaints or disorders.
- Stress has been linked to all the leading causes of death,
including heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents,
cirrhosis, and suicide.
- An estimated 1 million workers are absent on an average
workday because of stress related complaints. Stress is
said to be responsible for more than half of the 550,000,000
workdays lost annually because of absenteeism.
- A three-year study conducted by a large corporation showed
that 60% of employee absences were due to psychological
problems such as stress.
- Nearly half of all American workers suffer from symptoms
of burnout, a disabling reaction to stress on the job.
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STRESS - GETTING WORSE AND MORE COSTLY
- The proportion of workers who reported "feeling highly
stressed" more than doubled from 1985 to 1990.
- Job stress is estimated to cost U.S. Industry $300 billion
annually, as assessed by absenteeism, diminished productivity,
employee turnover, direct medical, legal and insurance fees,
etc. 60-80% of industrial accidents are due to stress. Some,
like the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Three Mile Island nuclear
disaster have direct cleanup costs of billions of dollars,
not to mention environmental damage that cannot even be
estimated.
- Workers' compensation awards for job stress, rare two
decades ago, have skyrocketed and threaten to bankrupt the
system in some states. California employers shelled out
almost $1 billion for medical and legal fees alone. Nine
out of ten job stress suits are successful, with an average
payout more than four times that for regular injury claims.
- The market for stress management programs, products, and
services was $9.4 billion in 1995, and is projected to be
$11.31 billion for 1999. · 40% of worker turnover is due
to job stress. The Xerox Corporation estimates that it costs
approximately $1-$1.5 million to replace a top executive,
and average employee turnover costs between $2,000 to $13,000
per individual.
- Workplace violence is rampant. There are almost 2 million
reported instances of homicide, aggravated assault, rape
or sexual assaults. Homicide is the second leading cause
of fatal occupational injury and the leading cause of death
for working women.
- Recent research has increasingly confirmed the important
role of stress in cardiovascular disease, cancer, gastrointestinal,
skin, neurologic and emotional disorders, and a host of
disorders linked to immune system disturbances, ranging
from the common cold and herpes, to arthritis, cancer, and
AIDS.
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