The Most Mysterious Mental Disorder In Sports

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  • @madethecut
    @madethecut  Před rokem +39

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    • @patanstee2315
      @patanstee2315 Před rokem

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    • @andrewleplatt502
      @andrewleplatt502 Před rokem +52

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    • @LowEndMarauder
      @LowEndMarauder Před rokem +20

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    • @StarBoyBooya526
      @StarBoyBooya526 Před rokem +24

      are you kidding me??? you make a whole video about mental health in baseball and put a gambling sponsorship in it???

    • @philipripper1522
      @philipripper1522 Před rokem +15

      You're part of the problem.

  • @avandelayy9089
    @avandelayy9089 Před rokem +1527

    It is kinda ironic advertising a gambling site in a video about mental illness, given that they are a primary cause of them

    • @juliananthony1226
      @juliananthony1226 Před rokem +28

      Boooooooooooo

    • @buddhababy1565
      @buddhababy1565 Před rokem +21

      Lolol it’s pretty funny though 😅

    • @alancotter4825
      @alancotter4825 Před rokem +198

      I’d say it’s more scummy then ironic

    • @ninjya_bakon
      @ninjya_bakon Před rokem +136

      I’m so tired of these gambling site ads; gambling is terrible and ruins lives all the time. It’s one of the easiest addictions to have and ruins the lives of the majority of people it hits. It’s almost like crack

    • @lewa9575
      @lewa9575 Před rokem +8

      Thank you for using the word irony correctly

  • @rameshmukherjee6422
    @rameshmukherjee6422 Před rokem +1245

    The yips nearly made me quit college baseball. There is no worse pain than not being able to do a simple task that you have done thousands of times before without issue (for me, throwing back to the pitcher), and having it cost your team. If anyone is going through anything similar, I can share my strategies and what I went through to overcome them.

    • @joshuatyler551
      @joshuatyler551 Před rokem +40

      Hey, I went through the exact same thing for two years in college and never recovered so I had to stop playing. What strategies helped you overcome it?

    • @gradyroberts4455
      @gradyroberts4455 Před rokem +5

      Mate if you cand help that'd be great

    • @cartertaylor9012
      @cartertaylor9012 Před rokem +23

      I have almost quit high school baseball due to this, please share your strategies.

    • @donnymcjonny6531
      @donnymcjonny6531 Před rokem +24

      ​@@cartertaylor9012 My brother, it's going to be okay and you have the skills to do it. The hardest part is going to be learning that the yips are not YOU. You have already learned how to do it successfully, it's just a matter of tuning back in to what you already know how to do. You're giving the poor skills too much weight and neglecting your training.

    • @TheHeadincharge
      @TheHeadincharge Před rokem +20

      @@cartertaylor9012 Taking a break to help “reset” your mechanics can be quite helpful for some. During that time, you need to refrain from doing the action. By continuing to do the action poorly, you’re only making it harder to pull out of the yips.
      Taking the break allows both your mental and physical to relax and reset. When going back into the movement, ramp up slow and go from there. Bard’s story that was discussed in the video is actually a great representation of this, although he didn’t do it on purpose.

  • @user-zc8uj9wx7t
    @user-zc8uj9wx7t Před rokem +474

    There’s a Japanese pitcher witch joined the Oakland A’s this season
    Fujinami, he had suffered YIPs and still struggling. He tried everything but has not recovered completely ,
    so for the last chance he decided to challenge majors. Change the whole environment might work.
    He had the potential as being rival with Ohtani
    in early years but Yips came.
    It was so painful to see him hit the batters and keeps on apologizing and even showed tears on the mound.
    Batters all knew he was
    suffering Yips and showed sympathy to him and didn’t get mad
    even plunked near the head.
    I wish him recovery in US.

    • @cdeanda21
      @cdeanda21 Před rokem +30

      It still shows. $3+ mil salary for an ERA of over 12. I hope he gets out of it because he has some good stuff.

    • @user-zc8uj9wx7t
      @user-zc8uj9wx7t Před rokem +35

      @@cdeanda21
      Yeah I know he’s a bust recently.
      But I think it’s not a bad gamble
      for the A’s. Because he has potential close to Ohtani both physical & pitches and the problem is his mental & stableness but those have chance to get fixed suddenly.
      Especially moving to US is a huge environment change.
      Maybe, sending him down once to minors would work.
      Giving him some shock might wake him up.
      If he recovers, it’ll be a jackpot for A’s.

    • @JohnSmith-im8qt
      @JohnSmith-im8qt Před rokem +7

      Yips isn't why this guy isn't ohtani. He was never going to be ohtani because the guy is the biggest phenom literally since babe Ruth.

    • @user-zc8uj9wx7t
      @user-zc8uj9wx7t Před rokem +42

      @@JohnSmith-im8qt
      Well, sorry , I agree most of that but my English level was too poor so it might sounded like that .
      Let me try one more time.
      I’m a long Hanshin Tigers fan
      since childhood and Fujinami was Hanshin Tiger since debut.
      Of course He’s not 2way.
      Their debut year was almost same (different league) and and they were both
      top prospects, also both looked as future ace of the Team.
      Hope of the team.
      And First few years they both
      grew well at same pace.
      As a pitcher, people’s opinion about witch is better was 50/50.
      To be fair, performance was real close…. Until he Yips came.
      You know their physical is really gifted & rare from a Japanese standards
      Their velocity was almost same too.
      Also they both started pro career right after high school .
      One more thing. Ohtani,s ridiculous level of 2way
      bloomed in US.
      He only played in Japan for 5-6
      years and he was mostly looked as pitcher

    • @ceryno3571
      @ceryno3571 Před rokem +12

      @@JohnSmith-im8qt Japan praised Fuji’s pitching as on par with shohei in regards to velocity and pure stuff. that’s what they meant. Fuji unfortunately isn’t meant to be a starter and I doubt the A’s pitching coaches know what they’re doing. (The team has an ERA above seven.)

  • @VinnyI6420
    @VinnyI6420 Před rokem +153

    Im shocked Matzek wasn't featured on this video. Going from a promising prospect, to retiring with the yips, to coming to the Braves, and being amazing, and one of the key contributors to their WS win. His 3 straight Ks against the Dodgers will always be legendary.

    • @charlietango9523
      @charlietango9523 Před rokem +2

      Honestly shocked - well documented and written about very well, not only the struggle but the journey back to world champion.

    • @bc9478
      @bc9478 Před 11 měsíci

      Was thinking the same thing, glad someone beat me to it

  • @DDG20012
    @DDG20012 Před rokem +133

    The yips is such a fascinating phenomenon. It happened to me in bowling. Used to average over 200 but went through a solid period of time when I could barely break 140. I think it’s 90% mental, but the mental aspect affects your physical game. What happened to me is that I never even used to think about my mechanics. I had repeated it so many times that it was natural and automatic to me. It was at the point where if someone asked me what I did to get good, I wouldn’t know what to say cause I never deliberately practiced my mechanics, it just came about due to pure repetition of bowling. There wasn’t some special method that I used, so if I randomly lost my bowling abilities one day, I would have no idea how to bring it back.
    One practice session I had a random bad game. I started the next game, but I couldn’t get that last game out of my head. That game, I started overthinking my mechanics. What once came naturally now wasn’t there anymore because I was now thinking about every aspect of my shot. It all spiraled from there. It’s hard to even remember, but it seemed like trying to be too deliberate in the entirety of your mechanics fucks you up. After a few months, my mechanics just randomly came back out of nowhere. The scariest part is how rapid it was. It’s not like practicing during my slump slowly brought my abilities back. I was at the same level of sucking the entire time until it randomly returned

    • @donnymcjonny6531
      @donnymcjonny6531 Před rokem +12

      This is interesting because it calls attention to one thing: you don't know WHY you were good. To become a better athlete, you can't take the subconscious things for granted. You HAVE to know WHY if you're going to improve. It's not a sign of incompetence; as a matter of fact, it means your skill has caught up with your natural-born abilities and now it's time to sharpen the knife.

    • @bullfrogger1208
      @bullfrogger1208 Před rokem +9

      I'll try to explain it. You don't really think when throwing a ball. You know where you want it to go. You have repeated the motion thousands of times. Eventually, you just look where you want it to go and throw it. Your muscle memory tells you how hard to throw and in what direction. Now, suddenly change the strength in one of the major arm muscles. The throw misses it's mark and you don't know why. In fact, you hardly notice. We all brain fart a throw now and then, even playing catch. You chalk it up to that. Then another muscle loses strength and you miss again, still just a brain fart. Then at some point you start to question mechanics. This is what really screws you up. You cannot think your way through throwing a baseball. Eventually, you lose your confidence to make even the easy tosses. So, it is a physical problem that ends up messing with your brain. If your arm just got weaker and stayed that way, you could adjust, probably unconsciously. But if the muscles act different all the time, your brain cannot keep up and it loses confidence for muscle memory to work and tries to think the process out, which creates a disaster. This is why guys go to the outfield. They don't have to think about throwing. Just throw it hard. It is why a catcher can still throw BBs to second but can't throw back to the pitcher without problems.

    • @curlyb
      @curlyb Před rokem

      Hahahaha

    • @MJRxTITANx
      @MJRxTITANx Před rokem

      I deadass went through the same thing this last bowling season

    • @__Dave__
      @__Dave__ Před rokem

      You nailed it; if you don’t correctly diagnose what you’re doing right, you won’t have a checklist to fall back on when things go wrong. Only thing you can do to fix it without a checklist is to reboot.

  • @arlo0011
    @arlo0011 Před rokem +224

    As a lifetime Cardinal fan, I was watching the playoff game that Rick Ankiel threw all those I wild pitches in. We fans were stunned as we had watched him all season and had truly fallen in love with him. When he didn't improve the next season, we were truly saddened as if he had died, BUT, when he came back as an outfielder, and did so fantastic, I truly believe the entire city rejoiced. I, for one, wish him only the best.

    • @BeefPapa
      @BeefPapa Před rokem +1

      I could have sworn his implosion happened against the Mets

    • @donnymcjonny6531
      @donnymcjonny6531 Před rokem +1

      The Ankiel situation has become the quintessential example of the yips

    • @bullfrogger1208
      @bullfrogger1208 Před rokem +1

      Surprised that Steve Sax isn't mentioned. I thought they named the condition after him.

    • @MIKEDOMO
      @MIKEDOMO Před rokem

      I remembered that game too, I still can't believe a mental issue could be torn down a pro career.

    • @chrissizemore8705
      @chrissizemore8705 Před rokem +2

      I'm a lifelong Braves fan so I was on the other side of that. We were flat out confused. Wondering if he was injured or something. It was wild to watch.

  • @t_momula9057
    @t_momula9057 Před rokem +96

    I got drafted from the braves and needless to say, my pro career was darkened by yips. It’s not just losing mechanics, your whole approach to the plate is washed. I’ve never been so scared that I was gonna strikeout, and I constantly felt like I wasn’t improving. On top of that there was this 17 year old kid named Ozzie Albies who was growing so fast that I just felt not good enough. When in reality, I made it there which proved I was. I wish I had the same mindset today, than I did those two years.

    • @LunchBoxHero29
      @LunchBoxHero29 Před rokem +20

      Never too late to take a shot at independent ball and work your way back brother, never give up on the dream!

    • @abrahamben-dayan9843
      @abrahamben-dayan9843 Před rokem +6

      What is your name??

    • @jayinthebx
      @jayinthebx Před 9 měsíci

      Theres alot of players that go from good hitters to ones cant hit a lick anymore

    • @hndrxxbeats
      @hndrxxbeats Před 2 měsíci

      Theres one of these oh yea i can relate stories at the top of the comments on every video and i know some of yall are lying and thats weird as hell😭

  • @alecdomotor316
    @alecdomotor316 Před rokem +37

    I caught the yips as a pitcher in high school and man, they are just brutal. I used to have excellent accuracy and would almost never walk a batter. Then one morning I woke up and literally forgot how to throw a baseball. It was the weirdest feeling ever. My arm felt clunky and awkward, almost like trying to throw with your opposite hand. I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn and lost a lot of velocity too. At some points I was honestly nervous about throwing the ball over the backstop, it was that bad. The worst part was that none of my teammates or coaches understood and just assumed I sucked. The whole experience was so frustrating and embarrassing that I lost my love for the game and ended up quitting. If anyone else out there is going through the yips right now, I feel for you. They are no joke.

    • @matthewtrinhle8445
      @matthewtrinhle8445 Před rokem +5

      Dude, same experience for me happened freshman year of high school. I was a decent catcher with good mechanics and blocking, but I would get such nerves from throwing the ball back to the pitcher or down the first baseline. Ended up getting cut going into JV but it was so demoralizing just trying to get through warmups when I would fret over every throw.

    • @tjwalker54321
      @tjwalker54321 Před rokem +3

      Same here. Happened in hs, I threw 2 balls over the umpire in the middle of the game and could never find it again. I tried a few things and could finally hit the plate throwing super slow so I just stopped pitching. My primary position was first base so I just went and stayed there. It even affected my batting.

    • @jandptv5954
      @jandptv5954 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I haven’t played baseball in a long time, but i used to be a pitcher and I was pretty good at it. Since around 2 or 3 years ago I haven’t been able to throw a ball straight. It either goes into the ground or 30 feet plus in the air. I can’t seem to let go of the ball at the right time.

  • @matthewandress1229
    @matthewandress1229 Před rokem +92

    Mark Wohlers was one of the nicest guys! I watched him pitch in Greenville in AA and he was untouchable. It was funny to watch all the scouts pull out their radar guns when he would come in to close out a game. Some players tried to avoid more contact with fans than necessary, but he would always sign autographs and talk to kids. My brother was 7 or 8 and loved him because they shared the same first name. He would always take a few minutes and talk to my brother prior to a game. He even let my brother interview him for a school project. Such a nice dude and man you could hear the ball when he threw it!

    • @whitecoffee1427
      @whitecoffee1427 Před rokem +1

      One of our family friends had the same experiences with him! I never got to see him pitch, but they all said he was a nice guy and was really good. Go Drive!

    • @richardharp4398
      @richardharp4398 Před rokem +1

      I met mark wholers as a kid and I was the biggest Braves fan. Such a great player! Very nice guy

    • @tylernoggle378
      @tylernoggle378 Před rokem +1

      Played his kid in all stars a while back. That kid could sling it.

  • @theaviat0r548
    @theaviat0r548 Před rokem +241

    Just got the yips this year in college. Terrible experience, especially when everyone you talk to in the baseball world just gives you the “oh well” look. Sometimes they can’t be fully recovered from. I almost broke three metal bats trying to find my mechanics again. Thankfully my friend helped me get through it. Thanks for making a video on this.

    • @lovelessissimo
      @lovelessissimo Před rokem +1

      How'd you get through it

    • @mattsupachat5962
      @mattsupachat5962 Před rokem +5

      No one cares

    • @theaviat0r548
      @theaviat0r548 Před rokem +29

      For me, I took a break from swinging for a little bit, hit the gym some more, and then got back into it when I was home. The familiarity of my home cage I think helped me out.

    • @jakehiccup1461
      @jakehiccup1461 Před rokem +35

      @@mattsupachat5962 I do

    • @BigboiRus78
      @BigboiRus78 Před rokem +24

      @@mattsupachat5962 who hurt you?

  • @jamiec6504
    @jamiec6504 Před rokem +69

    Ankiel was so good defensively as an outfielder that most people forget that he came up as a pitcher. Dude had a legendary arm from the outfield.

    • @forgettableaccount5855
      @forgettableaccount5855 Před rokem +13

      Couldn't throw strikes from 90 feet away but was pinpoint from 250. Sometimes, it's just a change in perspective.

  • @akg8111
    @akg8111 Před rokem +5

    I battled the yips for 15+ years in competition, from childhood up into my mid-20's. Literally, at a moment's notice, 10's of thousands of hours of play, practice, and competition wiped away in a split second. What I discovered is that a mistake, any mistake, would cause a chain reaction in my thinking. There is a sense in which I believed that I could avoid all future failure by regaining control through a hyper-fixation on mechanics.
    For anyone experiencing this, I hope what I'm about to say has a positive impact for you.
    If you've practiced for thousands of hours, your body intrinsically knows how to perform your task. This is universally applicable across all sports at a high-level. You KNOW exactly what it feels like (in your body) to perform that task perfectly....whether that be the perfect free throw, slider, putt, etc...
    In competition, stop focusing on the "HOW" of what you're trying to achieve. Give up on the belief that you can regain "control" and avoid all future mistakes by just "fixing my mechanics".
    In your mind and body, on each task, you need to have an overwhelming feeling/sensation of what the perfect performance feels like before you start. This is not in the analytical sense, but in a physical sensation. If you've thrown the perfect pitch, think back on that. What did it feel like? Recreate that sensation in your body over and over again before every single pitch. Be so overwhelmed by that sensation that it is impossible for any outside thought or feeling to creep in. Visualize what you're trying to do, feel the sensation of you doing it perfectly, execute.
    This routine takes practice and consistency -- it needs to be ingrained in you before you ever enter competition.

    • @victorosborn3348
      @victorosborn3348 Před 8 měsíci

      Check my comments that small grade of TOS may be the underlying cause for yips.

    • @rydercollins5553
      @rydercollins5553 Před 7 měsíci

      This happened to me in most sports. I got a pretty decent injury mixed with covid and i quit everything for a year and a half and have never been the same. I have high mental anxiety especially for sports, comign back i was so scared i was gonna be washed and fallen off i actually couldn't do snything snymore. From far outside the box free kicks to struggling on lifting the ball for penalties, its ridicolous and thats only one exapmle
      Ive slowly been coming back since and with some more confidence im pretty decent again at all the sports i play

  • @weewoo314
    @weewoo314 Před rokem +21

    honestly very dystopian to see the pretty genuine, serious, and caring introduction of this video follow by a sports betting sponsorship. as much as i dont think anyone else couldve made this video and am therefore thankful that it exists, a sponsorship like that really does a number on the discussion of the topic as a whole

  • @coaty79
    @coaty79 Před rokem +34

    Top darts players have been talking about the yips since the 70s. Going to the occy and making the motion to throw but not being able to let go of the dart. It distroyed one of the very best in the 80 eric bristow (the crafty cockney). He has done some great talks on it and there are a couple great vids on you tube about how low he sank anyway great video. 👍

  • @philipramsden4975
    @philipramsden4975 Před rokem +10

    My daughter's a junior in HS and a catcher and got the yips for a couple weeks throwing the ball back to the pitcher, but her throw downs were perfect. She's all good now, but it was driving her nuts.

  • @robbiearroyo2292
    @robbiearroyo2292 Před rokem +93

    I got the yips on short throws when I was a freshman in high school. I rarely play anymore so I can't say I still have it and it would fluctuate in severity when I was playing, but it really is a terrible experience. I think the thought of repeating the failure becomes so traumatizing you can't help but repeat it. Great video!

    • @somanking3146
      @somanking3146 Před rokem +1

      As a sophomore and just had the yips in my freshman year of high school at the beginning of the season. We would throw inside and it started off well but the third practice I physically could not throw and I hit a dude three times next to me. I thought really nothing of it but as the next week of throwing in the gym I could not throw and I physically did everything to stop it and I tried not thinking lobbing it and throwing it as hard as I can, changing arm angle etc.. they would tell me just breath and relax but nothing worked. But all it took for me was to throw against a wall everyday before I pull throw. Idk why it worked but now a days I can throw perfectly fine.

    • @diegobascara3279
      @diegobascara3279 Před rokem +4

      I feel ya man. Same thing happened to me. I can throw lasers from the outfield but as a catcher I’d struggle throwing the ball back to the pitcher. Man it sucked and lead to some embarrassing moments and was a big reason I quit baseball all together

    • @mattsupachat5962
      @mattsupachat5962 Před rokem +2

      No one cares

    • @Youraveragehealer
      @Youraveragehealer Před rokem

      Always enjoyed the 1st baseman’s reaction when 2nd rifles one into the dirt😂

    • @thatguitarist25
      @thatguitarist25 Před rokem +1

      I got the yips in middle school travel ball. I was a really good third baseman in terms of fielding but one day I just stopped being able to throw the ball across the field. I got moved to the outfield and hardly ever made any bad throws.
      As far as things go now, I’m almost 28 now so 15 years later I still can’t make throws to 1st from 3rd in freaking slow pitch softball. I guess I’ve still got them lol

  • @joshhigdon4951
    @joshhigdon4951 Před rokem +12

    This is gonna be a good one! Such an odd thing. I suffered from it and never recovered.

  • @ernesttenesmus6757
    @ernesttenesmus6757 Před rokem +10

    Thank you for posting. Task-specific dystonia - yips - disorders are real and occur in various ways that might go undiagnosed and thus be misunderstood. I first learned of yips in 1983 when Dodgers second baseman Steve Sax inexplicably lost the ability to make routine throws to first base. A magazine article provided background information that helped me understand my sudden loss of ability to perform on a musical instrument I had played since boyhood and my subsequent loss of cursive writing. Some tasks routinely performed with one hand now require the use of both. Go figure! It makes little or no sense and seems almost random (such as a pitcher retaining control throwing to the plate, yet being unable to throw to a base). It’s one thing to experience yips with a hobby, quite another when yips affects one’s livelihood. As frustrating as it yips might be, it’s good to know that “it happens” and for the public to be aware. Thanks again.

  • @zac5855
    @zac5855 Před rokem +7

    I was an opening bowler in cricket (similar to a starting pitcher in baseball for the uninitiated) and i had this happen in a few games. It’s literally like you said where your body just forgets to do what it’s done 1000 times.
    For me it felt like the natural feeling of my action was locked behind this obscure mental barrier, the harder you push your body and try and over do it the worse it gets, but you can’t go off into the nets/bullpen, clear your mind and go back in there, your team needs you to perform.

  • @ethanrothstein6785
    @ethanrothstein6785 Před rokem +10

    The yips are no joke, truly wild phenomenon that a surprising number of ballplayers suffer from. Best way I could describe it is it feels like a panic attack every time you pick up the ball - couldn't even feel the ball on my fingers. I was able to overcome it, but it was brutal and almost killed my love for the game entirely.

    • @mustbemeech
      @mustbemeech Před rokem

      Sounds like anxiety lol

    • @wm_9640
      @wm_9640 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@mustbemeechyes, it’s a specific form of severe anxiety

    • @mustbemeech
      @mustbemeech Před 11 měsíci

      @@wm_9640 yeah that shit is no joke

  • @drewbt
    @drewbt Před rokem +24

    I had the yips in high school. My coach had me throw into a foam pad as hard as I could so I could feel confident in really letting the ball loose. Worked wonders for me

    • @JustMeELC
      @JustMeELC Před rokem +2

      That's a confidence issue not the yips. The yips rarely start as a result of a lack of confidence & can be completely unrelated psychological issues ;o)

    • @EweCantHandletheTruth
      @EweCantHandletheTruth Před rokem +6

      @@JustMeELC but I think when you get the yips, especially with throwing, you kinda get caught in between throwing hard and soft. An unnatural motion to you. As the guy said, his coach teaching him to let it fly stopped his in between motion(if that’s what he suffered from)

    • @JustMeELC
      @JustMeELC Před rokem

      @@EweCantHandletheTruth The term is now being incorrectly used to describe any performance issue like this. The cause of the actual yips is a much deeper issue & isn't overcome with drills etc. That is simply a performance issue not the yips. For one mlb pitcher the underlying cause went all the way back to childhood trauma & presented itself as a throwing problem over a decade later.
      There are throwing problems that can be aided with drills & then there are the yips which is a symptom of the deeper issue simple drills can't fix ;o)

    • @mattsupachat5962
      @mattsupachat5962 Před rokem

      No one cares. Everything doesn’t have to be about you

  • @jordanlohse23
    @jordanlohse23 Před rokem +1

    I was a junior college closer where I had success and sat 90-93. I went on to play D2 baseball where my yips began in the fall offseason - I couldn’t find the strike zone even if I wanted to my mechanics felt off every time I touched the mound and eventually lead to me getting my first ucl tear. I went through rehab thinking it would fix all my problems but when I got healthy to play my problems throwing strikes got worse my velocity on my fastball went down to 83-85 then I got injured again and needed Tommy John surgery. My senior year I had one last outting after getting healthy again where I was 87-88 with my fastball. But I never got my velocity or command back or comfortable in my mechanics. Thank you for making this video I don’t think enough people understand how hard this is mentally on players I wanted to quit and give up countless times bc I felt helpless. For anyone experiencing the yips talk and ask for help from coaches and mental coaches aswell.

  • @zacsalyer5687
    @zacsalyer5687 Před rokem +9

    I had the yips in high school. Baseball was the sport I loved most. It had been where I found so much comfort and joy. But the yips took it away until my senior year where I finally got over it. Something I had done thousands of times, throwing a ball back to the pitcher just vanished from my ability. Even when moving to 1st I still had some struggle. It’s a horrible thing to deal with. But there is hope and good lessons to come from it

  • @144Donn
    @144Donn Před rokem +6

    Rick Ankiel is to me the most heart breaking\heart warming story! I vividly remember his over throwing...and for the life of me, could not understand it! But, to be reborn as an outfielder and his throws, which I have watched numerous times, never get old. His story is truly remarkable and his resilience is something from which we can all learn and gain strength.

  • @scootdaws25
    @scootdaws25 Před rokem +10

    There was a pitcher back in the late 70s early 80s named Kevin Saucier who quit the Tigers because he didn't wanna kill somebody with a pitched ball. He was good for the champion Phillies in 80 and got traded to Detroit and got the yips and retired in 82.

    • @BunnEFartz
      @BunnEFartz Před rokem +3

      I remember it well. He went from the Tigers closer to walking off the mound in Spring Training and never returning. I remembered his career when Dontrelle Willis came along and suffered pretty much the same affliction.

  • @isaacgraham5727
    @isaacgraham5727 Před rokem +7

    Wow thank you for this video! I’ve been a Red Sox fan for over 20 years and I vividly recall when they first drafted Daniel Bard, and how incredibly high the expectations were.
    You didn’t really mention it too much in this video but they *totally* rushed him up to the big leagues, in part because he was already 22 years old and had a full successful career as a college pitcher, and the thinking was that he wouldn’t need that much seasoning in the minors. Which is why he was pitching in the big leagues after *barely* more than two seasons in the farm system.
    I always thought that it was deeply unwise to rush him along like that, and if he’d actually been allowed to spend a proper 3-4 seasons working his way through the system he wouldn’t have mentally collapsed the way that he did, ultimately.
    So happy to see him thriving out here in Denver, though. If anyone deserves a second chance it was Bard.

    • @Gasloot
      @Gasloot Před rokem

      Hell yeah and he’s such a factor for the Rockies 17 years later. Great point how pitchers especially ones like Bard need some time to develop and get comfortable in the bigs which takes YEARS

  • @benjaminknowles7093
    @benjaminknowles7093 Před rokem +3

    In Sports Pyschology, the yips can also be referred to as an overthinking of the body’s motor control movements. The mind is so stressed that it cannot enter a flow state and you are thinking of every muscle, bone and joint moving, making already known movements, immensely difficult

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 Před měsícem

      This is exactly the way I feel with basketball, and well, everything at the moment. I have some kind of mysterious muscle disorder I am having trouble getting diagnosed. But because of extremely tight joints/tendons, muscle weakness and deterioration, I have to “manually” control every muscle and limb movement with my conscious thoughts. It sucks. I can barely exercise anymore….exercise intolerance.

  • @nicholasadams2374
    @nicholasadams2374 Před rokem +1

    The YIPS!! My dad told me about this as a kid, watching baseball together. Always made me laugh. Miss you dad.

  • @kyledavis693
    @kyledavis693 Před rokem +2

    I suffered from this greatly in college and lost my scholarship back in 08, I was blessed to find YT videos of guys like Joe Smith and Brad Zeigler and thank God. I converted to sidearm-sub and saved my career and changed literally how I see life. As someone who hasn't summed up the gusto to Google "who else forgot how to throw a baseball out of knowhere" THANK YOU so much for making this video MTC!

    • @victorosborn3348
      @victorosborn3348 Před 8 měsíci

      Check my comments that small grade of TOS may be the underlying cause for yips.

  • @mindready
    @mindready Před rokem +1

    We encourage athletes to speak up about these issues and have developed what we do to support them in every aspect. Thanks for telling this story!

  • @voidsabre_
    @voidsabre_ Před rokem +5

    I totally understand the feeling. Though I've never heard it called "The Yips" it happened to me in high school archery. I went from top 25 in my state to shooting fives and sixes and sometimes not even hitting the target at all. It was like my body forgot how to hold a drawn bow completely and couldn't relearn until my season was ruined

  • @FrankTruslow
    @FrankTruslow Před rokem +4

    Love your videos...Catcher Mackey Sasser got the yips and had issues throwing back to the pitcher...drove managers (and pitchers) nuts.

  • @rftulie
    @rftulie Před rokem

    Thanks for posting this video. It makes me feel a little better. I'm not at the level of these guys or even some of the commenters -- I'm just an old guy who plays slow-pitch softball. I picked up the throwing yips decades ago and fought through it by just having buddies go out and throw and practice with me; repetition sort of helped. But I never had trouble hitting. Then, the year after the pandemic-canceled season, I developed the hitting yips. I mean, the ball is coming in slow motion, but I still couldn't make hard contact! I gave up after 3 games in 2021 because I was so befuddled I couldn't cope. I ended so many innings with runners on base. So I went to cognitive behavior therapy. It did no good. Last season I hardly barreled up anything. I hit great in the cage and in practice, but when the lights came on -- nothing. GIDP, ending innings with ground outs. My teammates were nice about it, but I dropped to near the bottom of the lineup. This year, I'm finally breaking out of it. What did it was a laminated card I put in my pocket. I look at it in the on-deck circle, and it reminds me of mechanics and reminds me to breathe. I'm not all the way back yet, but the signs are there. I know for elite athletes, it's not that simple, but I'm glad I may be finally out of the fog!

  • @wildsmiley
    @wildsmiley Před rokem +2

    It's ironic that Bard would stage his comeback here, in Colorado, to pitch in a ballpark that doesn't do pitchers any favors, to put it mildly.

  • @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3
    @AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 Před rokem +1

    I'm a musician and I was playing a job with my band about five years ago. Suddenly, the bass completely stopped playing. I turned over and saw the bassist just sitting there staring. As soon as I had the opportunity, I went over to talk to her. She simply said "I forgot how to play the bass." I thought she might be having a stroke or something so I got ready to call 911 but she told me she was fine, and I noticed her speech was normal and she had normal motor skills. She asked for a few minutes to figure it out and about 10 mins later she was back to normal. It was a one time thing. She doesn't like to talk about it but she just says that it was a horrible and confusing feeling. Yips come in many forms I guess. Who knows what it is. Maybe it's like when you keep saying or hearing one particular word over and over and it starts to lose its meaning. It starts to sound kind of funny and hard to pronounce even though you've known the word for your entire life, when you start to overthink something that comes naturally to you.

    • @somerandomguy84
      @somerandomguy84 Před 11 dny

      I’m an operatic tenor and I had trouble with singing high notes - my bread and butter - from fall of 2018 to early 2019. I suppose it’s a little like yips. I just remember thinking “go back to the basics and start small”. I got a new teacher in 2019 and that helped a lot. Now I’ve got top tier high notes haha

  • @pringlesconnoisseur6067
    @pringlesconnoisseur6067 Před rokem +1

    I can definitley sympathise with those who have or had the yips. Last season, In about the 6 games I played as an infielder before I got injured, I made 0 outs at 1st and threw away the majority of my attempts, even though I could pinpoint my throws every training session and every warmup. The worst part was my defense was the only thing keeping me on the starting lineup, that season, every ball that came off my bat was either a groundout or a flyout. Adding a rotator cuff injury on top of this situation had taken me to the darkest corners of my mind. I woke up every day thinking about all the errors I made and I couldnt stand even looking at my own gear without despising baseball. I stopped watching baseball entirely and cut myself off from the sport completely.
    However, after coming across pitching ninja, I was inspired to become a pitcher, which helped me redsicover my love for baseball. I decided to practice pitching in my backyard and eventually asked my coach to pitch.
    2 weeks ago I pitched my first game as a closer, and picked up a save. Somehow i miraculously managed to throw 10 consecutive strikes despite my limited experience as a pitcher and my past history with throwing in general.
    Im telling my story now so if youre are in a similar spot as I or anyone in this video was, I strongly reccomend you not give up, and just take a break instead of immediatley thinking that youre not good enough and quit the sport.

  • @Texpantego
    @Texpantego Před rokem +4

    I got the yips when it was just tossing the ball around. On a bang bang throw from the outfield to throw out a runner I could throw it just fine, but a regular "non pressure" throw the ball would sail in every direction but the intended target.

    • @squamsh122
      @squamsh122 Před rokem

      Totally understand this. Lost the ability to throw short distances during catching tryouts. Got stuck in the outfield and could throw fine. To this day I still have the yips playing casual catch but am fine throwing longer distance or on the move.

  • @rcbishop7580
    @rcbishop7580 Před rokem +3

    The yips made me quit high school baseball to focus on wrestling... I was ridiculed for doing something that was so easy for me for so many years, being starting second baseman that couldn't throw it to first anymore without error.

    • @rcbishop7580
      @rcbishop7580 Před 10 měsíci +2

      And honestly... my coach made it worse. He made fun of me about it and it magnified the issue tenfold 😭
      If you know anyone with the yips... support them. Don't try to bring them down. It's literally a pure psychological issue, it has nothing to do with the love or passion someone has for the game.

  • @mikeyg6631
    @mikeyg6631 Před rokem +2

    I think my son went through this when he was a pitcher in AAA (minor league in my city Toronto) he was amazing at his craft and he had the gift. But all it took was a few bad games and he couldn't pitch no more he was only 14 and hey $hit happens in The game of confidence.

  • @justinsundstrom8976
    @justinsundstrom8976 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I remember in High School when I finally found my groove as a Varsity Baseball Player, I only was used as a pinch runner for my senior year. I had absolutely no hiccups the entire year until I misheard my third base coach yell "Go! Go!". Instead, he actually said "No! No!" and was humiliated by getting tagged out at home, ending my teams chances of a rally in the 5th. After which, I felt so fucking bad, that for almost the rest of the game, I was either in the porta john, or in the dugout completely destroyed. What made things even worse, was that I never even got chosen to pinch run for ANYBODY afterwards until the second to last game of the season. After which, obviously, I graduated and never could play Baseball again. Wish I could though...
    Edit: I obviously didn't have the yips lol. It was when Made The Cut talked about how one mistake can ruin your chances of ever starting again.

  • @ducc764
    @ducc764 Před rokem +3

    It’s a really crazy thing to experience. It’s your brain like legit on overkill. As soon as it starts and happens consecutive times, you’re already in your own head.

  • @skiprockjr.6881
    @skiprockjr.6881 Před rokem +22

    You forgot about Mackey Sasser. He was a catcher who had trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher. He would pad the ball back into his mitt 2-4 times before he was able to throw it back to the pitcher.

    • @tvtitlechampion3238
      @tvtitlechampion3238 Před rokem +3

      Came here to say this. His was the most interesting, because he could still fire it down when a play was on, but couldn't deal with throwing it back to the pitcher. The strangest occurrence was when he would have the ball in his hand, pump it like he was about to throw, but then wouldn't release it. Had the effect of looking like he was waving at the pitcher.

    • @skiprockjr.6881
      @skiprockjr.6881 Před rokem

      @@tvtitlechampion3238 I'm pretty sure his yips came after a collision at the plate. I think he got rocked and was never the same afterward.

    • @tvtitlechampion3238
      @tvtitlechampion3238 Před rokem

      @@skiprockjr.6881 maybe some kind of PTSD, then. The human condition is curious thing.

  • @Nick_Valentine2702
    @Nick_Valentine2702 Před rokem +5

    I was a really good QB at my high school. I started every game with the freshman team and I showed the coaches I was good enough to replace the senior QB on varsity when he graduated and I became a sophomore. I did great my first varsity game we won and I threw 2 TD’s. My next game was a road game and it was the worst game I ever played. Threw 4ints and 2 pick sixes. I tried to dismiss it as a fluke but I struggled with my accuracy for the rest of the season. There were times I literally couldn’t make the easiest of throws and every choice I was making was turning out horrible. I was benched in the 4th game of the year but I got to play in the second to last game because the QB ahead of me got hurt. It didn’t go well. I got my job back senior year, didn’t win most of our games but I stopped throwing the ball to the other team, mostly…😂

    • @mattsupachat5962
      @mattsupachat5962 Před rokem

      No one cares. Everything doesn’t have to be about you

    • @mustbemeech
      @mustbemeech Před rokem +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 I really respect that you own it I’m not laughin at you I’m laughing with you. Most these comments are people making excuses imo, you’re not one of them.

  • @ideologybot4592
    @ideologybot4592 Před rokem +6

    The yips are a fairly obvious thing to me. In times where the stakes are high, people become so self-aware that they can't rely on usually automatic processes. It happens to me when I'm trying to move around at heights, kind of a muscle lock that goes along with acrophobia, knowing that a wrong move might slip me up and get me hurt or worse. It's about the nature of attention, and it should be in a different class of mental disorder. It's not irrational. Thinking harder about what you do in monumental moments makes perfect sense. It just happens to be disastrous when what you need to do is execute an action that's usually automatic.

  • @DwayneIsKing
    @DwayneIsKing Před rokem +5

    As a Cards fan, it was heartbreaking seeing Rick Ankiel throwing all those wild pitches. It's so damn dope that he was able to thrive at another position to where he's a beloved player of our historic franchise

  • @border056
    @border056 Před rokem +1

    I still play adult ball in my mid 30’s and have suffered from the yips my entire life. As a catcher throwing the ball back was always my biggest fear but making a throw down to second was never a problem. If I had a play where I didn’t have time to think I could fire a seed. Give me a chance to think and it it’s all over.
    To me, at the point where you’re just about to release the ball a thought pops into my head, “don’t over throw”. That would cause me to hit the brakes on my throw and I’d still end up throwing a rainbow over the pitcher or toss it short. I’m always honest with my team and I tell the pitchers it helps if they come in a few steps. It’s maddening.

    • @Avalanche_Hockey166
      @Avalanche_Hockey166 Před rokem

      I had this as a catcher growing up! I started off as a center fielder and did really well. Because of this i was eventually moved behind the plate.
      Kinda got a feel of the whole game and now as captain despite it being my first year at this position with this specific leadership role I was excited.
      Something about being able to throw a a ball on an absolute zip without thinking is straight instinct for us Baseball players.
      We could whip that mask off real quick and not even hesitate when it came to releasing it on a rope towards second.
      We could find ways to keep wild pitches from being not so wild with quick reflexes when that ball takes a bad bounce and pops up from the dirt.
      That wild pitch alone is another bad pitch closer from turning your pitchers confidence
      washed. Yet it’s instinct for us.
      If your pitcher is struggling it’s our job to go out their and tell him that he’s got this. It’s our job. We can block the plate and slap a tag down on someone without thought…not even flinching yet when things slow down and I need to get that ball back to my guy on the mound? One game I couldn’t reach him AT ALL. AT ALL.
      Who’s gonna come settle me down? What is their to settle? It’s not wild…I can’t reach the guy on the mound.
      What the fuck man. I was brutally short on a number of different occasions. It was bizarre.
      Catchers are important. I try n tell my little cousins how much fun I had and how much of an impact you can make.
      Great years but it really is the little things like this that get athletes all caught up.
      It’s almost like my subconscious took over and my arm would just go stiff.
      I somehow knew I might not reach him again yet I’m throwing it. My body just kinda took over.
      Yet any other day your coach is complimenting that rifle we got planned for teams this season during practice when someone is thinking about stealing 2nd come first pitch.
      Damn man. Very strange.
      I fuckin loved being a catcher though! That position is FIRE.
      Starting catcher for the all star game in my babe Ruth league and the short stop took a cut off throw from the left fielder.
      This kid was looking to score from 1st on someone else’s gapper of an eventual triple.
      The Short stop on my all star team was actually a kid I had fought in my first ever fist fight years prior lol.
      His boys said I won but the kid def earned my respect!
      Anyway, that same kid threw an absolute BULLET from cut off at short right into my glove at home and buddy coming from first to home didn’t even slide! He thought he was running on in no problem.
      That kid at short delivering that straight 🎯 despite our past history was a sick little moment tbh. I loved that shit. In the moment catchers are just ready!
      The Kid running in at full fucking speed almost took off my wrist/hand from his momentum but you already know i kept that ball in my mitt baby. It’s what we do!
      The ump thought it was sick to see up close. Def one of my favorite plays ever during my baseball years. Loved that position man.

  • @mjccarpenter
    @mjccarpenter Před rokem +2

    I kind of have the yips with driving. Not sure when it happened as I have driven hundreds of thousands of miles. I started feeling like I was going to crash or pass out. Strangest thing ever, I used to be the one to always want to drive and now I hardly want to go anywhere.

  • @Blobmanne
    @Blobmanne Před rokem +1

    There’s something wild about doing a gambling advertisement in a mental health awareness type video.

  • @trapez77
    @trapez77 Před rokem +3

    I got the yips when I was a kid in the 90’s and I thought I was the only one that ever happened to because it was so weird and I never heard about it at the time

  • @llydrsn
    @llydrsn Před rokem +4

    Daniel Bard was a beast during his breakout seasons with the Red Sox. There were even discussions about his role being more critical than the closer's role as he is tasked with pitching the most critical innings of the game - even coming in with runners on the bases. The Chicken and Beer fiasco turned out to be just the beginning of the end for that version of Daniel Bard. Good thing he was able to overcome the yips and return to the Majors.

  • @JasonSmith-zb2cj
    @JasonSmith-zb2cj Před rokem +1

    As a coach for little league baseball, who pitched all his days as a teen. I to came across the yips myself as I couldn’t throw a strike for simple batting practice. It was so bad I was throwing behind the kids. Because of this I became a student of yips and googled, researched as much as I could. And well unfortunately my step son got the yips and even though he was a phenomenal pitcher he couldn’t have a simple catch. I helped him overcome it but it wasn’t easy. Please if anyone is struggling I might be able to help. And my heart goes out to all that do struggle with yips. Exactly what Mr. Byrd said you had to think about the basics of throwing just like having to think like walking he’s right but he’s wrong. He needed to think with the opposite side of the brain not the imagination side of not being able to throw a strike and all the fans laughing at him.

    • @victorosborn3348
      @victorosborn3348 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Check my comments that small grade of TOS may be the underlying cause for yips.

  • @tombeh
    @tombeh Před rokem +3

    Thank you so much for this video. I thought it was just going to be about pros and the pressures on them but no, this can affect people in regular life rec leagues. I'm all teared up thinking about this and that it's exactly what happened to me in my rec league softball. 😢 I was a pretty good pitcher until suddenly I was awful. I couldn't get it over the plate, or sometimes not even to the plate. The final game before quitting was just emotionally terrible. Walk after walk after walk...and many times I couldn't let go of the ball and I lobbed it straight up into the air. I was so embarrassed and frankly angry because my coach wouldn't put anyone in to replace me until he finally did after it was way too late for our team(20+ runs given up) or for my mental state. And weighing on me always was...WTF HAPPENED? I didn't want to play anymore, but they convinced me at to try at 1st base and I was much better there. Problem was it was already a position taken by someone else. All in a simple, fun rec league. I had no idea watching this video would take me back to that and explain something I never could. I've not played in years, mostly because of injuries, but also the fear of it happening again. At least now I know it wasn't "me", but it was the Yips.

    • @inconnu4961
      @inconnu4961 Před rokem

      Wow, how terrible! I cant imagine how cruel it is to have it rob you of an enjoyable past time. Does this plague you in other areas of life too? Hope life is generally better for you & thanks for sharing your story!

    • @victorosborn3348
      @victorosborn3348 Před 8 měsíci

      Check my comments that small grade of TOS may be the underlying cause for yips.

  • @mrw1208
    @mrw1208 Před rokem +1

    I used to play competitive golf. Not pro level, but a good amateur (low single digit handicap). I got away from the game after kids came along, then took it back up 25 years later. I came back with intermittent yips. My arms, mainly the forearms, would suddenly spasm at certain points in the swing. It affected chip shots, fairway shots and drives, but left my putting unscathed (interestingly, the most common affliction).
    It was strange to go along through six holes of golf even par, then, just like that, take a quadruple bogey because your arms just had a mind of their own for a few minutes. Typically, after the yips hit, they'd leave for weeks, then unexpectedly return. At one point I hit three straight fairway shots straight down into the ground, leaving huge divots each time and barely moving the ball. I took months off after the third of these sprained my wrist. Took about six months to heal.

    • @victorosborn3348
      @victorosborn3348 Před 8 měsíci

      Check my comments that small grade of TOS may be the underlying cause for yips.

  • @jarrettborkowski8658
    @jarrettborkowski8658 Před rokem +9

    The tips ended my time in baseball. I always prided myself on my defense. I had a cannon of an arm, would go full out for each play, and was smooth as butter. With this, I spent most of high school at third. Come my Junior year, something broke down. Felt like I was pushing the ball to first. Coach moved me to short full time as I could handle the range it demanded, and the throw could be shorter. Still was wild to first. Eventually moved me to second, still no luck. Wasn’t until I was moved to right field that I had some sense of normalcy. I guess the idea of chucking the ball as hard as you can from the outfield really does help with accuracy. Spent most of my time in the outfield corners before graduating but it’s a shame I didn’t even try to go play in college. I was good enough to, especially at the D-3 school I went to, but because of what happened, I just ended up throwing baseball away, afraid of the yips showing up again.

    • @mattsupachat5962
      @mattsupachat5962 Před rokem

      No one cares. Everything doesn’t have to be about you

    • @jakeh_13
      @jakeh_13 Před rokem

      the yips ruined my love for lacrosse my favorite sports growing up

    • @mattsupachat5962
      @mattsupachat5962 Před rokem

      @@jakeh_13 no one cares

  • @m33nboy
    @m33nboy Před rokem +1

    I had (still have, sometimes) the yips. Baseball was my entire life and one day my brain forgot how to throw a ball. Worst feeling ever, it's like having a panic attack in front of a bunch of people. I'm still not back to 100% and probably never will be. Glad people are talking about it though, when I had the yips in the early 2000's I was not confident enough to mention it to any coaches or anything.

    • @victorosborn3348
      @victorosborn3348 Před 8 měsíci

      Check my comments that small grade of TOS may be the underlying cause for yips.

  • @generallychill
    @generallychill Před rokem +1

    Awesome video @Made The Cut. You should have way more subscribers.

  • @luisreyes8903
    @luisreyes8903 Před rokem +4

    Great vid. I was however SO HOPING that you would have mentioned Mackey Sasser. Catcher for the Mets back in the early 90’s. He had the yips but his was so strange. He began tapping the ball into his mitt over and over before simply tossing back to the pitcher. It got so bad that I remember Vince Coleman I believe stealing second and then third during those tap taps into the mitt that sasser was doing. So strange. I was barely a teenager but I remember.

    • @skiprockjr.6881
      @skiprockjr.6881 Před rokem

      I was looking for Mackey to be in the video too. I remember McCarver and Kiner getting all frustrated having to talk about it after every pitch, sometimes counting the taps. Those early 90's Mets teams were just cursed. Plain and simple. Up and down, they were cursed. From '85-'92 I would watch 100+ Mets games a year and I finally tapped out after they traded Cone and didn't start watching again until they got Piazza.

  • @donnymcjonny6531
    @donnymcjonny6531 Před rokem +1

    Yo, this was a solid video. I enjoy when you make content like this

  • @logan62097
    @logan62097 Před 10 měsíci

    I was pretty similar to Ankiel in terms of how it turned out (ending up in the outfield with success), except I played 2nd. I went from being a really good 2nd basemen to not being able to make a throw from any position in the infield to 1st base, so I asked my coach to put me in the outfield. Inexplicably I could throw a strike from deep center, but if you asked me to throw 10 feet as an infielder I would overthrow or hit the dirt on every single one. I wish it didn't take 2 years of my high school playing time to figure out that I was better as an outfielder, because it basically took away every shred of confidence I had in my play, I went from definitely wanting to play college baseball to not being interested in the slightest out of fear of potential heartbreak. I truly hope that we find some way of working players out of the yips, then people from generations after me won't feel this overwhelming regret of not going on to the next level; whether it's college, the minor leagues, or MLB.

  • @michaelpowell3204
    @michaelpowell3204 Před rokem +1

    Definitely think of Mark Wohlers whenever this comes up. Poor guy was a star closer on a team that was famous for its incredible pitching, and then everything collapsed.

  • @screwbaII
    @screwbaII Před rokem

    Really loving these style videos !!

  • @AussBosss
    @AussBosss Před rokem +3

    Mackie Sasser syndrome. He had issues throwing back to the pitcher which ruined his career as a catcher. Had the pleasure of him being my head coach at Wallace Community College in Dothan, AL.

  • @UmadBro88
    @UmadBro88 Před rokem +1

    Pirates pitcher Steve Blass might be the most amazing example. Also, Yips ended my high school career. Couldn’t warm up without someone ducking!!!!!

  • @pathutchison7688
    @pathutchison7688 Před rokem +1

    Always think of Rick Ankiel whenever we talk about getting the yips. It was an extreme case. And church Knoblock being unable to make the throw from second to first. That was another ridiculous some.

    • @pathutchison7688
      @pathutchison7688 Před rokem +1

      Guess I shoulda watched the vid before commenting 😢

  • @johngoldsworthy7135
    @johngoldsworthy7135 Před rokem +1

    Great video on the yips. Most interesting thing in baseball because mental health is way too taboo

  • @dylanbrown4831
    @dylanbrown4831 Před rokem

    Wild stuff. Going through a slump is what all this describes. But the not being able to throw to first base is so wild to me. Losing your stuff in pitching and missing by a couple inches is one thing. It’s wild how a pro can suddenly not be able to throw straight

  • @danielhresko4900
    @danielhresko4900 Před rokem +1

    If you do a follow up, please include former Mets catcher Mackey Sasser, who developed an inability to throw the ball back to the pitcher without double clutching or tossing a high lob.

  • @robertoso8796
    @robertoso8796 Před rokem +1

    i think about this a lot. i'd never heard of the yips but i've experienced instances of something similar and it always registers as odd. i think of it in a way like your mojo but i feel like it's a function of over thinking because sometimes i'll be doing something well and stumble once i recognize my seeming success. it's happened after sinking 6-7 free throws in a row, beating someone's face in mortal kombat, halfway through a familiar song while playing guitar, basically anything where there's a groove to be had and i had found mine.

  • @timboslice8559
    @timboslice8559 Před rokem +1

    Markelle Fultz had the yips on his jump shot in Philly, but won’t admit to it. So it even happens in professional basketball!!!

  • @akasilkyslim
    @akasilkyslim Před rokem

    "Guzzling beer's before bullpen sessions" is crazy 😂 but that's not the first time I've heard of a pitcher doing something like that

  • @bigmayy1290
    @bigmayy1290 Před rokem +1

    Had the yips in high school ball. Forgot how to throw a ball. Would just go straight into the ground or 20ft above anyone’s head. Still fucks with me till this day even tho I ended up playing the rest of that season and the year after with no issues. In the back of my mind it can still happen at any moment and makes me nervous to play ball cause I’m not tryna embarrass myself and throw a crazy ball. Happened once after highschool in college intramural, but currently playing some softball now and all is good. It’s a snowball effect, it happens once and feels like it wont stop and sorta doesn’t. Biggest thing that helps is being in a mindset of relaxation and not putting pressure on yourself. Easier said than done but coming back from the yips is possible.

    • @victorosborn3348
      @victorosborn3348 Před 8 měsíci

      Check my comments that small grade of TOS may be the underlying cause for yips.

  • @ryleighrage
    @ryleighrage Před rokem +2

    I’m surprised Dontrelle Willis didn’t get mentioned. He was so fun to watch before he lost the ability to find the strike zone.

  • @EnriqueReyes
    @EnriqueReyes Před rokem

    Great video 👍 The yips happens to hitters also but I guess it's harder to tell.

  • @kaysguy
    @kaysguy Před 2 měsíci

    Steve Blass was one of the best pitchers in the NL until 1973 when he started hitting batters. Then, to avoid hitting batters, he started giving up a lot of walks. No one could figure out why, and his career was done.

  • @Mythical01
    @Mythical01 Před rokem +1

    I had the yips in football, it’s what stopped me from playing late in high school and college. I literally could not handle the snap, I could for so long and then one day I struggled with it and never got it back

  • @sammyssportscards1862
    @sammyssportscards1862 Před rokem +1

    Fun fact my dad was actually friends with chuck as a kid and used to bike with him and go to astroworld a water park. They once were on a little league team and he said that he was by far the best player he saw in 8th grade.

  • @thebombcat
    @thebombcat Před rokem +1

    Facing Garrit Cole can cause anxiety unless you're the Rays.

  • @tylerwunder
    @tylerwunder Před rokem +1

    The problem is they never deal with your brain, they just tell you to get over it.

  • @bobbyb6861
    @bobbyb6861 Před rokem +1

    The irony of a video about mental health containing an ad for gambling is next level.

  • @madelinebarraza1408
    @madelinebarraza1408 Před rokem +1

    I got the yips, as a catcher, throwing the ball back to the pitcher. I was an elite player, looking at D1 colleges. I stopped playing for awhile, then started playing third. Finally, when I was able to get past it, I was never the same. It was such an embarrassing experience

  • @upchurch231
    @upchurch231 Před 11 měsíci

    I got The Yips in high school football. Played quarterback all through middle school and all through High School senior year starts second game of the year a receiver on-the-go pattern which is just like a straight streek down the field. It was on my left side I'm right handed and when I threw it it was like the worst Ducks row ever in life for some reason it didn't feel like right and I just floated in the air and intercepted unbelievably easy. From that moment forward I could never throw to the left side of my body again. The best way I can describe it as this The Yips is basically where you lose the function of your dominant like arm or foot like you feel like you're throwing with your off hand but it's your good hand and you don't know why it happens you look and you try to get your stand right and your footwork right and everything but when you go to move your arm you just can't move your arm in the correct ways it's weird and then it becomes a psychological thing

  • @claymac7895
    @claymac7895 Před rokem +1

    The brain is a fascinating thing that we know virtually nothing about.

  • @CrysisXx
    @CrysisXx Před rokem

    I can relate to the pattern of switching to the outfield after getting the yips. I made the switch from second base to right field after having an unfortunate amount of easy errors attempting to throw to first, a task I had no problem with for over 8 years. Switching to outfield kind of made me focus on just throwing as hard as I could rather than having to aim at something specific (which made me think too much about release point, arm angle, stance etc.) so I had some success there but eventually just quit altogether as the whole thing was quite embarrasing and noone could really understand what I was going through.

  • @User-gs1dk
    @User-gs1dk Před rokem +2

    I'm not sure if this is exactly what people experience with YIPS but I had a similar situation occur with learning gymnastics/acrobatics as a teen. I had got to the point where I could do a backwards full twist (backflip with a 360 twist in the air). I had it down for a few weeks and had performed it likely hundreds if not a thousand times in that span. And then one day mid flip I it's like my brain detached from the action and I had literally no idea what was going on. I crash landed uninjured but that was it. I had completely lost the ability and never regained it. It was as if the motor pattern file in my brain for that movement had been completely deleted.

  • @simplemanchannel3318
    @simplemanchannel3318 Před rokem +1

    I remember the one guy from the Indians (sorry Guardians) who had something like the yips. I don't know if anyone will remember him. He was a monster at the plate. Could absolutely crush the ball when he got a hold of one. Problem was he just couldn't hit a curveball to save his life. Thank goodness his yips only lasted until the final game of the season. From what I heard he was getting hitting advice from someone who practiced Voodoo. If I remember the hitters name, I think it was Pedro Cerrano.

  • @TanToucan4ging
    @TanToucan4ging Před rokem

    The yips messed me up. To this day I’m terrified of throwing anything and have to think about every movement to make sure I don’t embarrass myself. Only happens with baseballs too, can throw a football fine

  • @monkeeee
    @monkeeee Před rokem +1

    I remembering have a short stint of the yips. It was so bad that I couldn’t even play catch, I would either spike or airmail nearly every throw.

  • @EvanP-gn4en
    @EvanP-gn4en Před rokem

    I had a strange case of the yips once. When I was on the mound I could throw strikes and everything was normal. When a ground ball was hit to me, I could NOT throw it to first. It was the strangest thing.

  • @coryernewein
    @coryernewein Před rokem +1

    Happened to me at a championship tournament in college, couldn't settle myself for the tournament and rode the pine for the betterment of the team. All played out well and I was able to get past my issues but it was such a weird thing...a switch flipped and one day a couple months later I could make any shot I wanted to again🤷

  • @AlexTiktinsky
    @AlexTiktinsky Před rokem +3

    I love all of your videos, been watching for ages, and this content about mental health and the yips in baseball is especially great! Kind of bummed that your sponsor is a sports betting company (which makes its biggest bucks off its most addicted users) instead of something more in line with the theme of the video (like Better Help). I don’t begrudge you for making a buck, but your content and viewership are strong enough that you should hopefully be able to pitch to less problematic sponsors! Go get ‘em!

  • @Getawhale
    @Getawhale Před rokem +1

    Mackey Sasser's name has been mentioned, a catcher who stopped being able to throw back to the pitcher in the 80s, and I wanted to let people know that the 30 For 30 short documentary about him and his career, was FANTASTICALLY done, and is a FASCINATING look at the idea of yips, with one of the most prominent early examples. If you can find it, it's a super good watch. An intimate, up-front look at this type of mental block.

  • @gregthompson3785
    @gregthompson3785 Před rokem +1

    The YIPS also show up for musicians. I've played drums for 35 years,and all of a sudden,they show up. You can no longer count to 4.Incredibly frustrating.

    • @johns.8220
      @johns.8220 Před rokem +1

      I lost my ability to play the trumpet. VERY suddenly. Trying to articulate a note and my face just spasms. The medical term is focal dystonia.

    • @inconnu4961
      @inconnu4961 Před rokem +1

      Thats either the yips, or Common Core math! LOL

  • @Sathtana
    @Sathtana Před rokem

    The Yips got me in junior hockey. Its been years, but I still haven't been able to get my handles back. It sucks, but at 25, I don't have the speed or shooting I did when I was 16-17 years old.

  • @dingerboi4
    @dingerboi4 Před rokem +1

    I played baseball at a JuCo then D2 , I got the yips and it basically destroyed my career. I did mentally training with a specialist from California over the phone. It’s tied to anxiety and the exercises he had me do were wild. I happen to remember them fairly well, and with reps they work. If anyone is struggling with this nightmare I can probably help.

  • @unbidabyss2903
    @unbidabyss2903 Před rokem +1

    There's something deeply ironic about reading an ad about betting on sports in a video like this. I didn't watch it because I have SponsorBlock, but I put it together with the 18 different mentions of draftkings in the description and comments.

    • @inconnu4961
      @inconnu4961 Před rokem

      Actually, there is absolutely NOTHING ironic about the Draft Kings ad! if you watch ANY sports related content on CZcams at all, you would realize Draft Kings is one of the bigger sponsors on CZcams! Its hard to find any sports-related channels that do NOT advertise Draft Kings!

    • @unbidabyss2903
      @unbidabyss2903 Před rokem +1

      @@inconnu4961 I don't think ironic means what you think it means my brother.
      Also nobody should be that enthusiastic about a corporation for free. Or even not for free. Best work on that one, buddy.

  • @JMK248
    @JMK248 Před rokem

    Had the yips so bad I was scared to even play catch around people. Played baseball my whole life had so much fun playing and then the yips hit my freshmen year in college. Went from starter to the bench.

  • @rileyhenfling6376
    @rileyhenfling6376 Před rokem +2

    Anxiety and panic disorders issues made me lose my scholarship to pitch at the University of Arkansas. It’s truly the worst experience one could imagine

    • @itheuserfirst3186
      @itheuserfirst3186 Před rokem

      You weren't cut out for the stress of high level, competetive sports.

    • @MrSocko-vn7fw
      @MrSocko-vn7fw Před rokem

      @@itheuserfirst3186 and your an absolute nobody.

  • @Lightsaglowllc
    @Lightsaglowllc Před 10 měsíci

    I was at the playoff game where Ankiel broke the mlb record for wild pitches AND at the game 7 years later where he hit a HR in his first game with the Cards as an outfielder. The return was incredible.

  • @itheuserfirst3186
    @itheuserfirst3186 Před rokem

    The yips seem to be a phenomenon that builds upon itself. You start out making a series of errors, then you get inside your own head about it, and it starts to spiral into an automatic response. Too bad for those who experience it, but that's probably when it's time to hang it up.