re: who has had "the yips" with throwing, not golf - everyones had those

I'd get it from time to time throughout my baseball career. Nothing major at all though. And only once in a game. It would mostly happen throwing "flat grounds" right after stretching it out to 200+ feet. Get used to throwing bombs with a high trajectory then immediately have to throw to a guy squatting down at 30 feet. All the while your arm is live as shite and you don't wanna kill your friend who's dreading catching you.

The time I got it in a game was my first start in Burlington. Walked the bases loaded on 12 pitches, have up a triple, and was yanked. Swear on everything I love it felt like there was a force field in the strike zone. Like the ball and strike zone were the same poles of a magnet and when the ball reached the plate it refused to hit the catcher's mitt. I was all kindsa fricked up.

It happens now from time to time playing darts too. Out of nowhere it's like I can't hit the number I'm going for to save my life. It's just thinking too much. Lasts a few throws then it's gone.

It's amazing what the mind can do. It's not bullshite that "the game is, insert percentage, mental."