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Old 11-18-2006, 08:00 PM
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Re: Range Yips

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i find if things start to get bad due- to hitting to many ball's one after another or i just lose my timing, i stop hitting full shots and i start to hit little pitch and chip shots, using a little shoulder turn and try and get the feel back in my hands and the timing in me head again, sometimes hit 20/30 balls no more that 50 feet and then work up to my 7 o-clock swing and them my 9 o-clock swing and them my 11 o-clock swing, sometime only hitting 5/10 balls with each , i keep it nice and relaxed and then i start with a full swing at say 70/80% and them work up to about 90%. i make a effort to try and keep as realxed as i can as i know i get the yips if i get worked up at a bad shot or i cant get the ball to shape like i want, keeping relaxed is the key with me and now i know that its a lot easer to do. it was something i never use to do on the couse is walk away and take a few deep breaths and gather yourself and then go back and do your setup again, i do this on the range now ever 10 balls or so, i walk to he back of the mat and take a few minuets and calm down and relax and i now feel by doing that so often at the range i can calm myself down on the course and also stop hitting that really day shot that only happened because i was so tense and built up before i hit it.
we all have dont it, hit a bad ball that we know we should of walked away and took a few deep breaths and went bacl to it.
bill
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