Definitions for yips
yips

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yipsnoun

   nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)

   "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"

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1. yipsnoun

   A nervous condition which prevents a sportsman from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault.

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1. Yips

   In sports, the yips are a sudden and unexplained loss of ability to execute certain skills in experienced athletes. Symptoms of the yips are losing fine motor skills and psychological issues that impact on the muscle memory and decision-making of athletes, leaving them unable to perform basic skills of their sport. Common treatments include clinical sport psychology therapy as well as refocusing attention on the underlying biomechanics of their physical actions. The impact varies widely. A yips event may last a short time before the athlete regains their composure or it can require longer term adjustments to technique before recovery occurs. The worst cases are those where the athlete does not recover at all, forcing the player to abandon the sport at the highest level.

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1. yips

   The yips is a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes. This condition often occurs in sports that require fine motor skills such as golf, darts or baseball. It is usually associated with the psychological pressure and stress related to performing the particular sport, causing the athlete to lose their ability to perform routine actions. The term originated from golf, to describe a golfer who suddenly cannot putt accurately due to nervous spasms.

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1. Yips

   Yips or the yips is the apparent loss of fine motor skills without apparent explanation, in one of a number of different sports. The technical term is focal dystonia. Athletes affected by the yips demonstrate a sudden, unexplained, loss of previous skills. Athletes affected by the yips sometimes recover their ability, sometimes compensate by changing technique, or may be forced to abandon their sport at the highest level. 'The yips' is also used as a facetious excuse for muffing a seemingly easy athletic task, such as a six-inch putt, when the true cause of the failure can often be attributed to other causes such as folding under pressure.

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1. YIPS

   What does YIPS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the YIPS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. • Tension

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How to pronounce yips?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of yips in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of yips in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of yips in a Sentence

1. Brendon Todd:

   Ball-striking yips. Hitting a 4-iron like 50 yards right out of play every round and I did that for like two years.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=yips
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yips
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yips
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=yips