LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - The cause of Yips. Thread: The cause of Yips. View Single Post #7 03-28-2007, 12:09 PM dkerby Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 244 Another Spin Dave Stockton: "On the Yips" -I never suffered from the yips, although shoulder putters argue that I am highly susceptible to them. The reason I don't get the yips is because I use a putter with a lot of loft, which prompts me to forward press. In other words, the yips are solely created by jumpy nerves, which can be exaggerated by "hitting" the ball instead of stroking it. Sometimes they caused by poor mechanics, which are in turn the result of using the wrong kind of equipment. Simple as that. On the waggle: "I must emphasize that making a forward press and then stopping defeats the purpose. You essentially end up starting again from a standstill. Instead, think of the forward press as the start of the backstroke." dkerby View Public Profile Send a private message to dkerby Find all posts by dkerby