It's not just athletes, either. I've been drumming since I was 11 and have gotten the yips a few times during live performances. Wrists and muscles in my arms locked up and completely lost a sense of rhythm. Things I'd done a million times with zero difficulty became alien. It was awful. When I learned about the common attributes of people prone to experiencing them I was not surprised in the slightest.
I got the Yips during my High School tryout during my Sophomore year. I had failed to make the Junior Varsity team my freshman year, and I was so worried about getting cut again, that I would spike every throw directly into the ground. I still made the team due to my hitting, and was a Designated Hitter for most of the year. Ironically enough, I overcame the Yips during my Varsity tryout Junior year. My teammates were encouraging and supportive during that tryout, and it helped me regain my confidence. I made the team as a backup Bullpen Catcher.
I’ve noticed a lot of the guys in baseball that started getting the “yips” were on New York based teams. I just went to a Yankees and Mets game in nyc for first time a month ago and I’ve been to 10 other MLB stadiums for games and let me tell you the atmosphere is a lot more harsh at these games. The fans literally live or die with every pitch. I watched people cuss at a pitcher who walked his first batter of the game in the 6th inning while up 5 runs and you would’ve thought he just walked in the winning run. I have no doubt that an atmosphere like that can mess with a players mind. Also some of the other players lost their abilities during very high leverage situations. It seems like they make that one mistake and the stress just takes over their entire being. It really is fascinating to see someone with such talent be reduced to not even being able to play catch anymore.
The harder you THINK about throwing the ball, the harder accuracy becomes. The harder accuracy becomes, the harder you THINK about throwing ... etc. etc. A VICIOUS spiral.
This is what it is exactly. Just overthinking things. And when something goes wrong, you overthink again to correct the original overthinking. Vicious cycle. When I was young, I had the yips that stemmed from one simple error in the outfield. It derailed my fielding for years until I had to come up with a distraction to not even think about a flyball coming towards me. It’s all mental.
I got the yips when I was 13 and it stayed with me on and off through high school. At first, it was only when I was catching and had to throw the ball back to the pitcher. But my senior year it became every single throw. I had no idea where the ball was going when it came out of my hand. I was the starting catcher but a week before the playoffs I got benched and that was how my baseball career ended. It still haunts me to this day.
Exactly MLB gave him a medical exemption for ADD and then tore it away, after he signed a massive contract. The guy could have had a massive Hall of Fame career had MLB not acted thinking of PR in the wake of the "fentanyl epidemic".
Yips cost me high school baseball. Was going into my Sophomore season of school and during tryouts, I couldn’t make a warmup throw for the life of me. The guy would be 10 feet away and I would throw it 5 feet to his left or right. When playing outfield, I was fine, making the line drive, cannon throws I was used to. I eventually worked through it with the help of my father, but tryouts were a month long process and I got it all figured out just 2 days before final tryouts. It was too little, too late.
How don't you have any highlights of Sax's throws. Also, you only have one highlight of Knoblauch. No one is going to know what the yips really are without seeing what those two went through. It was brutal.
The other day I saw a pic on reddit of a guy who ran into Steve Blass in an insurance office. Steve was kind enough to take a photo with him. If I hadn't followed his entire career I'd have never known he is 82 years old. He looks great!
I always thought the “yips” were just something someone said a player had when they suddenly stopped playing badly. Never knew it was a real psychological issue
How did u miss Tyler Matzek. Got over the yips and pitchedone of the greatest innings in World Series history in 2021. He defeated the yips and earned the name Tyler Nutzak.
I had the yips once my senior year in high school. I played centerfield from little league thru college but as the only lefty, got to pitch on occasion to throw the opposing team off. About midway thru the season, I came in to close out the game with bases loaded, no out, and holding a 5-4 lead. I struck out the side on 10 pitches to pick up the save. We played the following afternoon and coach was giving me the start on the mound, my first pitching start since I was 12. I don’t know if it was because I pitched the day before, or if it was nerves, or a combination of both, but I didn’t last 2 innings. I hit 3 batters and walked 4 while giving up no hits. It was like I forgot how to throw the ball, throwing it behind hitters, even hitting the chalk line several feet behind the batter. We still picked up the W easily but that was the last time I ever pitched in high school. I did pitch 2 games after the season in Legion Ball and never had the problem again but I do remember it like it was yesterday the frustration of seemingly forgetting how to throw and not really knowing how to explain to coaching staff what was wrong as if they would even understand anyway- they chalked it up as me just being “wild”, but no it was a mental block more than it was me not having any control on the mound
I had a similar experience, i played 2nd and usually didnt have any issues, didnt make a lot of throwing errors or anything. We lost our pitcher senior year, so they wanted me to pitch occasionally. Did well in practice, but as soon as i took the mound in a live game it was like i forgot how to throw a baseball 😂 i hit several people and walked a bunch and never pitched again 😆 Idk if I'd call it the yips because i was never a great pitcher, but man i was definitely in my own head with no control over my body like i normally would at 2nd base
@@chimchu3232similar to you I barely pitched. In the bullpen I was fine and loose but on the mound I was so worried about balking or something like that that I stiffened up and sucked. At second base I had the problem for a bit but only on super easy plays. One hopper to my chest and I was bouncing a lollipop, but on a diving backhand stop I was hitting him the chest. It was weird. I snapped out of it but man that sucked.
I know this is AI generated because of the changes in name pronunciation and mistakes. The last reference to Sasser is as a pitcher. Before he was a catcher. AL should be labeled and maybe a human should check it. This is lowering the bar on RUclips. Now is the time to control this.
I don't think it is man. Sometimes people mispronounce names. He may be ESL, or just unfamiliar with some of the names. AI wouldn't pronounce the same name/word multiple different ways, a person might.
This year I have been more superstitious than ever, it’s been a bad year for me so I’ve been trying out everything, what I eat before a game, how I tie my shoes, how I put on my clothes, where and what I do during warmups, and what I do in the box
I had them my freshman and sophomore year in high school. I could throw fine standing in the outfield but at short distances, I would miss my target by 10 feet or more in any direction. I literally couldn't play catch with my teammates. My hand and wrist would go numb in the middle of the throw. I eventually played through it. I have not had it since. I have no explanation of the cause.
I was a really good golfer in high school. Then one day, I couldn't play. It was so weird. I never got it back either. I mean, I can still hit the ball good and score pretty well, but the consistency I had in HS is gone. And like I said - it was there one day and gone the next. I know it's all in my head too. Went from thinking I could get a scholarship to play golf in college, to not wanting to play with anyone else because I didn't want to embarrass myself. Also I noticed it's worse when I know people are watching me. When I'm playing by myself with no one else around, I have far fewer issues.
12:18 I disagree. Willis thrived on the high strike, 'chest to knees' strike zone which the umps were calling in his first couple years. Nothing wrong with this as it's what's stipulated in the rule book. But by 2006, the umps went back to their Defacto strike zone of 'waist to knees'
Theres no other sport that has the mental issues like baseball. Especially pitching i dealt with alot of mental battles on the mound. The best way I found to deal with it was to simply not care about the result and try to have the most fun you can
When you are a catcher and you are getting the ball back to the pitcher you are basically throwing at someone without a backdrop, so you can lose your depth perception and start aiming the ball and either short hopping it or missing the pitcher badly. I played with a guy who that happened to. Unfortunately his father was one of our coaches. After it cost us two runs the whole park was quiet and his dad exploded "YOU GOTTA BE FUCKIN SHITTIN ME JOOOOOOOOOELLLL!!!" It only made things worse
Putting in golf is the worst ,you miss a 2 footer and it snow balls, messes youre head up. You might as well quit for the day before it ruinsyoure whole game.
I looked in the stands and saw the 2 hottest girls in school, got the yips that game. It didn't go good as the point guard, but I never knew what that was
Maybe if Knoblauch didn’t juice so much he wouldn’t have the road rage. Blaming the yips for his criminal actions makes no sense. Some people are just dirtbags
Weed isn’t the answer you think it is. That stuff may not be physically very harmful but it can cause psychosis that can never heal. For many, it makes ptsd and anxiety symptoms much worse. I’m happy it works for you, but it doesn’t work for everyone.
@@jeffjacobson59 weed doesnt make you paranoid, stupid laws made people paranoid . theres 7000 different strains of weed, many of them bred specifically to combat anxiety...do some research, smoke a few bones and then come back with an opinion and dont be a parrot against the best medicine in the world
I had the yips against one poor tiny kid in little league. My control was crap anyway but i simply could not stop beaning the smallest player on one team. I just started throwing the slowest good to him so at least it didn't hurt 😂 Think i hit him 7-8 times in 3 games
You should be able to use the yips as a legitimate medical excuse to call off a day of work. You ever wake up with a bad feeling that things just aren't going to go your way that day? Anyone can get the yips, not just baseball players.
I thought these guys got paid so much because of the physical and mental liabilities of playing. Yea it sucks, but that the paychecks reflect that something could happen to ruin careers in an instant.
Mine was so pronounced I couldn’t play catch. Psychologist Richard Crowley taught me some mental exercises that helped immensely. I don’t know if he still works on it I certainly don’t get any kickbacks lmaoooo and he charges enough over the phone. But if you care about your career and the tips has taken it over you’d be a fool not to reach out to him
While I’m putting myself out there I know it is stress and anxiety. If you can process the things that bring that about throughout your life you can recover. For me I had a serious drinking problem.
It's not just athletes, either. I've been drumming since I was 11 and have gotten the yips a few times during live performances. Wrists and muscles in my arms locked up and completely lost a sense of rhythm. Things I'd done a million times with zero difficulty became alien. It was awful. When I learned about the common attributes of people prone to experiencing them I was not surprised in the slightest.
I got the Yips during my High School tryout during my Sophomore year. I had failed to make the Junior Varsity team my freshman year, and I was so worried about getting cut again, that I would spike every throw directly into the ground.
I still made the team due to my hitting, and was a Designated Hitter for most of the year.
Ironically enough, I overcame the Yips during my Varsity tryout Junior year. My teammates were encouraging and supportive during that tryout, and it helped me regain my confidence. I made the team as a backup Bullpen Catcher.
I’ve noticed a lot of the guys in baseball that started getting the “yips” were on New York based teams. I just went to a Yankees and Mets game in nyc for first time a month ago and I’ve been to 10 other MLB stadiums for games and let me tell you the atmosphere is a lot more harsh at these games. The fans literally live or die with every pitch. I watched people cuss at a pitcher who walked his first batter of the game in the 6th inning while up 5 runs and you would’ve thought he just walked in the winning run. I have no doubt that an atmosphere like that can mess with a players mind. Also some of the other players lost their abilities during very high leverage situations. It seems like they make that one mistake and the stress just takes over their entire being. It really is fascinating to see someone with such talent be reduced to not even being able to play catch anymore.
Lol damn, those fans are insufferable.
The harder you THINK about throwing the ball, the harder accuracy becomes. The harder accuracy becomes, the harder you THINK about throwing ... etc. etc. A VICIOUS spiral.
This is what it is exactly. Just overthinking things. And when something goes wrong, you overthink again to correct the original overthinking. Vicious cycle. When I was young, I had the yips that stemmed from one simple error in the outfield. It derailed my fielding for years until I had to come up with a distraction to not even think about a flyball coming towards me. It’s all mental.
I got the yips when I was 13 and it stayed with me on and off through high school. At first, it was only when I was catching and had to throw the ball back to the pitcher. But my senior year it became every single throw. I had no idea where the ball was going when it came out of my hand. I was the starting catcher but a week before the playoffs I got benched and that was how my baseball career ended. It still haunts me to this day.
Brutal. 😩
Adderall.
Apparently I was born with the yips.
All I think of is poor Chris Davis. Went from 53, 33, 47, 38 HR seasons to practically barely any after
His downfall was because the league did not approve his Adderall usage for his ADHD.
Exactly MLB gave him a medical exemption for ADD and then tore it away, after he signed a massive contract. The guy could have had a massive Hall of Fame career had MLB not acted thinking of PR in the wake of the "fentanyl epidemic".
Yips cost me high school baseball. Was going into my Sophomore season of school and during tryouts, I couldn’t make a warmup throw for the life of me. The guy would be 10 feet away and I would throw it 5 feet to his left or right. When playing outfield, I was fine, making the line drive, cannon throws I was used to. I eventually worked through it with the help of my father, but tryouts were a month long process and I got it all figured out just 2 days before final tryouts. It was too little, too late.
cant sit through a game, but i can binge this channel all day
Word!!!❤
Or for a hour an 8 mins whatever happens first. ❤ or do you re watch them over an over
Truth!! 😂
I can baseball is great Go Yanks!
That means a lot. Thanks so much for your support!
How don't you have any highlights of Sax's throws. Also, you only have one highlight of Knoblauch. No one is going to know what the yips really are without seeing what those two went through. It was brutal.
The other day I saw a pic on reddit of a guy who ran into Steve Blass in an insurance office. Steve was kind enough to take a photo with him.
If I hadn't followed his entire career I'd have never known he is 82 years old. He looks great!
NFL kickers also get the yips as well. Would love to see a video on that
I always thought the “yips” were just something someone said a player had when they suddenly stopped playing badly. Never knew it was a real psychological issue
How did u miss Tyler Matzek. Got over the yips and pitchedone of the greatest innings in World Series history in 2021. He defeated the yips and earned the name Tyler Nutzak.
Wouldn't say he earned that name lmao sounds like a 7 year old came up with it
You're cool said no one ever.
Thank you for posting the video.
Yes thank you and more please 🙏🏻
I had the yips once my senior year in high school. I played centerfield from little league thru college but as the only lefty, got to pitch on occasion to throw the opposing team off. About midway thru the season, I came in to close out the game with bases loaded, no out, and holding a 5-4 lead. I struck out the side on 10 pitches to pick up the save. We played the following afternoon and coach was giving me the start on the mound, my first pitching start since I was 12. I don’t know if it was because I pitched the day before, or if it was nerves, or a combination of both, but I didn’t last 2 innings. I hit 3 batters and walked 4 while giving up no hits. It was like I forgot how to throw the ball, throwing it behind hitters, even hitting the chalk line several feet behind the batter. We still picked up the W easily but that was the last time I ever pitched in high school. I did pitch 2 games after the season in Legion Ball and never had the problem again but I do remember it like it was yesterday the frustration of seemingly forgetting how to throw and not really knowing how to explain to coaching staff what was wrong as if they would even understand anyway- they chalked it up as me just being “wild”, but no it was a mental block more than it was me not having any control on the mound
I had a similar experience, i played 2nd and usually didnt have any issues, didnt make a lot of throwing errors or anything. We lost our pitcher senior year, so they wanted me to pitch occasionally. Did well in practice, but as soon as i took the mound in a live game it was like i forgot how to throw a baseball 😂 i hit several people and walked a bunch and never pitched again 😆
Idk if I'd call it the yips because i was never a great pitcher, but man i was definitely in my own head with no control over my body like i normally would at 2nd base
@@chimchu3232similar to you I barely pitched. In the bullpen I was fine and loose but on the mound I was so worried about balking or something like that that I stiffened up and sucked. At second base I had the problem for a bit but only on super easy plays. One hopper to my chest and I was bouncing a lollipop, but on a diving backhand stop I was hitting him the chest. It was weird. I snapped out of it but man that sucked.
I know this is AI generated because of the changes in name pronunciation and mistakes. The last reference to Sasser is as a pitcher. Before he was a catcher. AL should be labeled and maybe a human should check it. This is lowering the bar on RUclips. Now is the time to control this.
I don't think it is man. Sometimes people mispronounce names. He may be ESL, or just unfamiliar with some of the names. AI wouldn't pronounce the same name/word multiple different ways, a person might.
Steve Blass's hometown had a parade, in his honor, after he won the World Series.
This year I have been more superstitious than ever, it’s been a bad year for me so I’ve been trying out everything, what I eat before a game, how I tie my shoes, how I put on my clothes, where and what I do during warmups, and what I do in the box
YIPPPPPPPEEEEE FOR A YIPS VIDEO, MORE PLEASE I LOVE ALL 3 VIDEOS ❤
I appreciate it! I have some great video ideas in the works 👍
I had them my freshman and sophomore year in high school. I could throw fine standing in the outfield but at short distances, I would miss my target by 10 feet or more in any direction. I literally couldn't play catch with my teammates. My hand and wrist would go numb in the middle of the throw. I eventually played through it. I have not had it since. I have no explanation of the cause.
It happens also when remembering simple numbers you've known forever then for whatever reason you get asked the number and you get it wrong
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I was a really good golfer in high school.
Then one day, I couldn't play. It was so weird. I never got it back either. I mean, I can still hit the ball good and score pretty well, but the consistency I had in HS is gone. And like I said - it was there one day and gone the next. I know it's all in my head too.
Went from thinking I could get a scholarship to play golf in college, to not wanting to play with anyone else because I didn't want to embarrass myself.
Also I noticed it's worse when I know people are watching me. When I'm playing by myself with no one else around, I have far fewer issues.
12:18 I disagree. Willis thrived on the high strike, 'chest to knees' strike zone which the umps were calling in his first couple years. Nothing wrong with this as it's what's stipulated in the rule book. But by 2006, the umps went back to their Defacto strike zone of 'waist to knees'
As a Braves fan it was nice to see Ankiel have some good years as an outfielder, that was hard to watch it's not as fun winning that way
Theres no other sport that has the mental issues like baseball. Especially pitching i dealt with alot of mental battles on the mound. The best way I found to deal with it was to simply not care about the result and try to have the most fun you can
When you are a catcher and you are getting the ball back to the pitcher you are basically throwing at someone without a backdrop, so you can lose your depth perception and start aiming the ball and either short hopping it or missing the pitcher badly. I played with a guy who that happened to. Unfortunately his father was one of our coaches. After it cost us two runs the whole park was quiet and his dad exploded "YOU GOTTA BE FUCKIN SHITTIN ME JOOOOOOOOOELLLL!!!" It only made things worse
I got the yips in highschool 😭 had no idea what was wrong with me
Im convinced this happened to Jack Campbell from the NHL.
I'm assuming Macky Sasser is the inspiration for the Rube character in Major League ll
this guys voice just gave me the yips.
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Putting in golf is the worst ,you miss a 2 footer and it snow balls, messes youre head up. You might as well quit for the day before it ruinsyoure whole game.
“Yips” lol just sounds like an anxiety disorder
Good video thank you
I see this in basketball, too. I don’t think they call it that, though.
I looked in the stands and saw the 2 hottest girls in school, got the yips that game. It didn't go good as the point guard, but I never knew what that was
Javi Baez
Maybe if Knoblauch didn’t juice so much he wouldn’t have the road rage. Blaming the yips for his criminal actions makes no sense. Some people are just dirtbags
You could damn near field an all star team of ball players who died in a plane crash
It's a growing disorder among MLB umpires.
This sounds like the plot to Space Jam
If all the major sports legalized marijuana use it would be so much better for the athletes
Weed isn’t the answer you think it is. That stuff may not be physically very harmful but it can cause psychosis that can never heal. For many, it makes ptsd and anxiety symptoms much worse. I’m happy it works for you, but it doesn’t work for everyone.
@@jeffjacobson59 weed doesnt make you paranoid, stupid laws made people paranoid . theres 7000 different strains of weed, many of them bred specifically to combat anxiety...do some research, smoke a few bones and then come back with an opinion and dont be a parrot against the best medicine in the world
The guy came back as a great outfielder great athlete and great arm if ran on Rick you were out
I had the yips against one poor tiny kid in little league. My control was crap anyway but i simply could not stop beaning the smallest player on one team. I just started throwing the slowest good to him so at least it didn't hurt 😂
Think i hit him 7-8 times in 3 games
I was born with the yips.
At least none of these guys went 0-10 in a game
I’m a Mets fan I don’t remember Sasser 🤷🏻♂️🥴
You should be able to use the yips as a legitimate medical excuse to call off a day of work. You ever wake up with a bad feeling that things just aren't going to go your way that day? Anyone can get the yips, not just baseball players.
I thought these guys got paid so much because of the physical and mental liabilities of playing. Yea it sucks, but that the paychecks reflect that something could happen to ruin careers in an instant.
Had to experience this in a fairly high level college baseball setting. As a PO…0/10 wouldn’t recommend
Then 2015 not near as much was known about it
Mine was so pronounced I couldn’t play catch. Psychologist Richard Crowley taught me some mental exercises that helped immensely. I don’t know if he still works on it I certainly don’t get any kickbacks lmaoooo and he charges enough over the phone. But if you care about your career and the tips has taken it over you’d be a fool not to reach out to him
While I’m putting myself out there I know it is stress and anxiety. If you can process the things that bring that about throughout your life you can recover. For me I had a serious drinking problem.
this is all plagiarized and AI. no sources cited anywhere.
"double you ay ar"
Your sound has the yips :(
Nice
Yups!
Its called choking. Not being able to withstand the mental pressure. These days every mistake is over analyzed and mocked.
Daniel Bard
with your voice you can be doing real horror videos 🤣
This is sad…
steve sax
Chuck knoblach
you're putting way too much bass on your voice.
yikes....
I can’t listen to this guy’s voice… it’s like the Burger King foot lettuce guy whispering
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