Comments on: Home http://yipsbegone.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: DrTom http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4867 DrTom Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:50:46 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4867 Ugh -- that's quite a ride you're on, Kennedy, hang in there. One thing that can help you cope is the 70% breath. Sit and breathe in to 70% capacity, then out the same. Do it whenever you think of it. That won't cure the problem but will help you deal with the consequences and dred. Contact me if you'd like to talk it over. Dr. Tom Ugh — that’s quite a ride you’re on, Kennedy, hang in there. One thing that can help you cope is the 70% breath. Sit and breathe in to 70% capacity, then out the same.

Do it whenever you think of it.

That won’t cure the problem but will help you deal with the consequences and dred.

Contact me if you’d like to talk it over.

Dr. Tom

]]> By: Kennedy Beach http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4860 Kennedy Beach Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:56:40 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4860 I am a 15 year old girls fastpitch catcher and 2 years ago I started having trouble throwing back to the pitcher, It lasted for a coulpe months and then I was able to play again. It has come back with vengenes, I can't stop thinking about it. I am now a high school freshman and the coach was shocked when I said I didn't want to catch. I am being recruited by several D1 colleges and I am just SICK inside . Can you really help me??? Please help me..... Kennedy I am a 15 year old girls fastpitch catcher and 2 years ago I started having trouble throwing back to the pitcher, It lasted for a coulpe months and then I was able to play again. It has come back with vengenes, I can’t stop thinking about it. I am now a high school freshman and the coach was shocked when I said I didn’t want to catch. I am being recruited by several D1 colleges and I am just SICK inside . Can you really help me??? Please help me…..

Kennedy

]]> By: DrTom http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4857 DrTom Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:45:11 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4857 Welcome to the club! I'd say about 70% of the players I worked with last year were freshmen. Just when you want to be your best and PROVE yourself, you're at your absolute worst. I think it's safe to say the two go hand in hand.... I don't have a quick fix tip for you... I don't find it works that way. You're welcome to call me to discuss options, or write more specific questions here. Dr. Tom 813-968-8863 Welcome to the club!

I’d say about 70% of the players I worked with last year were freshmen. Just when you want to be your best and PROVE yourself, you’re at your absolute worst.

I think it’s safe to say the two go hand in hand….

I don’t have a quick fix tip for you… I don’t find it works that way.

You’re welcome to call me to discuss options, or write more specific questions here.

Dr. Tom
813-968-8863

]]> By: george http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4856 george Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:44:33 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4856 I am playing college baseball as a freshman. I have had a lot of issues throwing the ball to first base from any infield positions. It's almost like I am trying to get rid of the ball so fast & quick after I field that I make horrible throws. I have always had this problem especially throwing from shortstop. Any guidance and help would be appreciated. I am playing college baseball as a freshman. I have had a lot of issues throwing the ball to first base from any infield positions. It’s almost like I am trying to get rid of the ball so fast & quick after I field that I make horrible throws. I have always had this problem especially throwing from shortstop. Any guidance and help would be appreciated.

]]> By: DrTom http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4682 DrTom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:54:53 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4682 Hey: Well, yes and no. Acting confident, breathing deeply between pitches and committing fully to your target can help you a lot. Practice that daily and use it on the field to help put yourself in position for success. However, that addresses the "conscious" part of your brain, not where the real interference is for you -- in your "subconscious." Let me know if you'd like to work on that part. Dr. Tom Hey: Well, yes and no. Acting confident, breathing deeply between pitches and committing fully to your target can help you a lot. Practice that daily and use it on the field to help put yourself in position for success.

However, that addresses the “conscious” part of your brain, not where the real interference is for you — in your “subconscious.”

Let me know if you’d like to work on that part.

Dr. Tom

]]> By: Gerald http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4638 Gerald Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:28:45 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4638 Dr., I'm a sophomore in high school, and have a sever case of the yips. Everything I do, I try to impress someone and overthink it. Before this, I was being looked at and most likely would have started for the Varsity this Spring. I can't get the ball on a line back to the pitcher, and I always think to much throwing to the bases. Same with hitting. I tend to overthink. I want to be starting on Varsity this year, hopefully. Any techniques? Dr., I’m a sophomore in high school, and have a sever case of the yips. Everything I do, I try to impress someone and overthink it. Before this, I was being looked at and most likely would have started for the Varsity this Spring. I can’t get the ball on a line back to the pitcher, and I always think to much throwing to the bases. Same with hitting. I tend to overthink. I want to be starting on Varsity this year, hopefully. Any techniques?

]]> By: Keenan http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4530 Keenan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:02:50 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4530 My highschool jv teams tryouts start monday and we have been throwing in conditioning for about a month with no problems, but yesterday throwing felt as if i had never done it before. I was throwing the ball straight into the ground and overthrowing my teammate the whole time we were throwing. The same thing happened to me last year because i think i was freaking myself out about making the team, but this year i have nothing to be stressing about. This is aggravating as im looking like idiot trying to throw and its happened before around the same time. Please let me know what i can do to get rid of this relatively fast. My highschool jv teams tryouts start monday and we have been throwing in conditioning for about a month with no problems, but yesterday throwing felt as if i had never done it before. I was throwing the ball straight into the ground and overthrowing my teammate the whole time we were throwing.
The same thing happened to me last year because i think i was freaking myself out about making the team, but this year i have nothing to be stressing about. This is aggravating as im looking like idiot trying to throw and its happened before around the same time.
Please let me know what i can do to get rid of this relatively fast.

]]> By: Ryan http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4526 Ryan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:24:45 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4526 Left handed pitcher at a D-1 school that needs help with the yips. I am afraid to hit a batter. I can throw perfectly fine to just a catcher but as soon as a batter gets in everything goes crazy. I focus too much on what other people think of my performace and that really gets to me. Please let me know what I can do to fix this. Thanks, Ryan Left handed pitcher at a D-1 school that needs help with the yips. I am afraid to hit a batter. I can throw perfectly fine to just a catcher but as soon as a batter gets in everything goes crazy. I focus too much on what other people think of my performace and that really gets to me. Please let me know what I can do to fix this.

Thanks,
Ryan

]]> By: Will http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4500 Will Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:59:50 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4500 Freshman catcher at a D-1 school that needs help with recent issues getting the ball back to the pitcher. I had this issue once before when I was about 13. Did fine in high school and now struggling again. Would really like some help before the season actually starts. I was fine during fall ball. Thanks Freshman catcher at a D-1 school that needs help with recent issues getting the ball back to the pitcher. I had this issue once before when I was about 13. Did fine in high school and now struggling again. Would really like some help before the season actually starts. I was fine during fall ball. Thanks

]]> By: DrTom http://yipsbegone.com/#comment-4496 DrTom Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:07:41 +0000 http://yipsbegone.com/?page_id=8#comment-4496 I hear you, Chris. Few things, at least in sportsworld, are more painful than the yips. It spreads to the rest of your life like a cancer. I'm slammed with players I'm coaching now as everyone tries to get ready for the start of the season. Just call me though to discuss options for how I can help you. 813-968-8863. Dr. Tom I hear you, Chris. Few things, at least in sportsworld, are more painful than the yips. It spreads to the rest of your life like a cancer.

I’m slammed with players I’m coaching now as everyone tries to get ready for the start of the season. Just call me though to discuss options for how I can help you.

813-968-8863.

Dr. Tom

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