Real Help for Golfers Struggling With Their Mental Game

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO / ACCESSWIRE / Dec 20, 2021 / The great Jack Nicklaus said many times, "the game of golf is 90% mental and 10% physical." The mental aspects of golf are increased because of the slow pace of the game. There is plenty of time to overthink the mechanics, review past mistakes or failures, worry about the future, or both.

Many golfers develop pervasive performance problems or the "yips." Golfers are the most known for the yips, yet a baseball player's inability to throw an easy out accurately or a basketball player's free throw shooting are also examples of the yips.

The yips came into the world spotlight when Simone Biles suffered from the "twisties," a variation of the yips at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. During a twisties episode, gymnasts may experience a sudden loss of the ability to maintain body control during aerial maneuvers and feel something similar to an out-of-body experience in mid-air.

The yips is a psycho-neuro-muscular condition. In golf, the yips affect the golfer's stroke. The putting yips are the most common type in golf, yet Steve Ballesteros had the driver yips, and Tiger Woods had short-game yips. It is commonly accepted there is no cure for the yips. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that 33% to 48% of all serious golfers have experienced the yips. Golfers who are more prone to the yips are older, have played for more than 25 years, and may be tournament players.

Dr. Tom Rohrer of the Brainspotting Performance Center says, "traumas play a significant role in causing pervasive performance problems and the yips. Everyone experiences painful situations, if not traumas, often from an early age. In addition, competitive athletes experience public failures, humiliations, slumps, and especially injuries."

At The Brainspotting Performance Center, Dr. Rohrer uses a revolutionary, highly effective approach called brainspotting to neutralize trauma. He says, "traumas, whether they were just painful experiences, Acute Stress Disorder, or even the most intense Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, cause the blocks and become a significant factor in the yips. These traumas can be simple or caused by a single episode or a more complex version. After these traumas are resolved or neutralized, the pervasive performance problems will resolve."

Dr. Rohrer says brainspotting is a simple, brain-based, and client-directed process. "The athlete chooses a memory and then focuses on it. With help, they use their natural ability to guide themselves through their personal experience. The secret to brainspotting is that the client notices an eye location that connects them to the chosen issue and holds their eyes on that "brainspot." During the session, the emotional intensity of past events reduces until it becomes neutral."

This same approach is used to increase the athlete's connection with valued personal resources, such as calmness, courage, or optimism, even being in "the zone." Dr. Rohrer says, "brainspotting allows an athlete to move forward and flourish. These resources will help them gain the emotional freedom to perform better than they ever thought they could."

ABOUT BRAINSPOTTING PERFORMANCE CENTER

The Brainspotting Performance Center was founded by (and is currently directed by) Dr. Tom Rohrer, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. A Sports Performance Consultant and Psychotherapist licensed in California and Colorado, he has been in private practice since 1985 and has had decades of experience helping his clients resolve their issues to improve their personal and professional performance. For more information, visit Brainspotting Performance Center on Facebook. For additional information, visit www.bspperform.com.

CONTACT

Dr. Tom Rohrer
drtom@tomrohrer.com
925-595-6433

SOURCE: Brainspotting Performance Center

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