Dallas (CBSDFW.COM) \u2014 <\/strong>Maybe it was just a bad game. You’ll forget everything in a week. But everyone from golfers to baseball players will be making the Cowboys playoffs on Monday. Brett in his game. I can’t.<\/p>\n “Yips” can occur suddenly. He throws a selfish throw back to the pitcher once, and the catcher realizes he might throw it back the next time, and gets bogged down. A golfer who misses a 2 foot putt taps the next putt outside the green.<\/p>\n Dr. Matt Johnson, a sports psychologist consultant in Fort Worth, explained that lack of control is debilitating.<\/p>\n “If our mind is thinking, ‘Oh, we have to win this, don’t miss this,’ it’s because we’re focusing on what we’ve done a million times before. ,\u201d said Dr. Johnson.<\/p>\n He can’t say if that’s what millions of people saw the professional athlete experience on Monday. Instead, we chose to help athletes refocus and solve problems.<\/p>\n Thinking more about your mistakes only causes an increase in high-frequency brainwaves, disrupting the once-reliable signals to your muscles about when to fire, how much force to use, and in which order to focus on a target.<\/p>\n Getting back into the routine and limiting distractions is often the most important thing in regaining control.<\/p>\n There is no timeline for fixes.<\/p>\n Dr. Patrick Cohn often tells athletes he knows it’s not like taking a cold and curing it.<\/p>\n At practices in Central Florida, he developed a program for young baseball players to beat the Yips. He said they often compare it to the feeling of an alien taking control of one’s arm.<\/p>\n Making athletes trust their abilities, routines, and freedom of movement again can often get them back on the right track over time.<\/p>\n “If it’s just one game where the athlete had a lot of worry, anxiety, or too much control, I think it’s quicker to get the athlete back on track,” Dr. Cohn said.<\/p>\n He also didn’t want to conclude that repeated kick failures indicated a diagnosis of a deeper problem. said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jason Allen<\/p>\n ![\"jason-allen-web.jpg](\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2021\/11\/01\/8c7666f2-df38-4d57-ab85-2524c60a0179\/thumbnail\/80x80\/9f28ffb49d78f7b8d95f86e3ff41cd45\/Jason-Allen-web.jpg)