re: Yips

Without witnessing it's hard to say for sure but one of the most solid parts of my has always been my chipping. One day while practicing I started this extreme hard shank to the right. Whenever I would miss-hit a chip it was always the shank to the right. I had no clue what was happening. Everything felt as it should until I made contact with the ball. Once I hit the ball it took off hard right. I struggled for almost a half hour that day not being able to figure it out but then had a friend show up and told me it wasn't from an open face but I was actually hitting the ball with the hosel. Once I concentrated on that while swinging, it was night and day. Apparently, on the downswing, I was extending arms or something creating the ability of the clubface to be too far out and thus having the ball contact the hosel. I can almost guarantee that is what is happening to you. Concentrate on having your arms or hands or whatever closer to body on downswing. Basically just make sure the hosel is below or inside the ball and I bet you see consistent results immediately.