The Yips Whisperer – Jim Waldron #263

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Today we are joined on the Brain Booster by one of the legends of US coaching Jim Waldron for a fascinating discussion about the Mind Body connection</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jim has spent most of his working life absorbed in the workings of consciousness and how it can apply to the game of golf</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In his early years he spent time with some masters of martial arts and applied key principles to his coaching</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He studied with some of the great meditation teachers such as Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Suziki Roshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He has become very well known for his work with the yips in golf and also in numerous other sports such as baseball, basketball, darts and bowls</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We discussed:</span></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The two types of yips and why one type is very</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The origination of yips and what makes things worse</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What are the ‘fuels’ for the yips?</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The wrong use of the conscious mind</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The effects of negative emotion and the manifestation of FEAR</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Why people don’t yip on a practice swing</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The principle of Radical Acceptance</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How ‘observation’ can change everything</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Are you the ‘Hero’ or the ‘Victim’ of your story?</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><span style="f