206 – Beating The Yips! – Erik van Wensen Interview
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Beating The Yips!
Neurologist Erik van Wensen Has A MISSION
Welcome to Episode 206 of THE Golf Improvement Podcast! Dedicated to sharing useful information on professional club fitting, short game improvement, and effective practice techniques. CHANGING GOLFER’S LIVES – ONE GOLFER AT A TIME!
Show Notes:
Interview with Neurologist Erik van Wensen, creator of the Sports Dystonia Center and Foundation in Holland.
- Erik shares what led him to a career as a neurologist, and why he started to study the yips 5 years ago.
- He discusses the creation of the Sports Dystonia Center in Holland.
- Erik talk about his general view of what the yips are and how they are created.
- He shares the overall goals of the Yips Study that he published in 2019, and the most important results that he learned from that study.
- Erik and I talk about how, in at least some cases, putting and chipping yips can be the result of having a poor concept for creating a golf stroke – and also how sometimes the golf club itself can be a contributor (putter too heavy, or a putter grip that is too large).
- Based on what he knows now, Erik talks about some of the potential characteristics of cures for the yips.
- Finally, Erik shares some of the things that excite him the most about continuing to do his research in causes and cures for the yips.
Erik Thank You – KEEP DOING GREAT THINGS!
Useful Web Links:
Read The Dutch Yips Study Paper – CLICK HERE!!
View Erik van Wensen YouTube Channel – CLICK HERE!!
Shout Out!
Clinical and Sports Psychologist Dr. Bhrett McCabe has created an amazing new weekly Tuesday evening YouTube Program – MENTAL GAME LIVE! The first episode was posted on Tuesday February 21 – and it is a must watch for coaches and players who want to perform at their best. Thanks Dr. Bhrett!
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