Welcome to the German Yips Institute!

Our work serves the education, research and intervention of sudden movement disorders, the "Yips".

The name "Yips coined" the golfer and three-time Major winner, Tommy Armour.  He finished his career 41 years already due to sudden, involuntary jerking and twitching in the area of the wrist - in short, "called the Yips."

Other well-known golfers who have to suffer from the yips phenomenon, or have had are, for example: Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Tony Jacklin, Tom Watson, etc.

The career of Germany's most prominent golfers - Bernhard Langer - was several times stopped by recurrent Yips almost.  He needed, for example, at the 1988 British Open at hole 17, a distance of one meter in lodging five strokes at the ball! - Article: Der Spiegel 34/1988

Other sports in which the phenomenon can be observed are Yips, archery, darts, bowling, tennis, billiards and many more. Other sports in which the phenomenon can be observed are Yips, archery, darts, bowling, tennis, billiards and many more.

However, surgeons, dentists, musicians and other professionals who need their hands for precise work, often suffer from Yips.

Especially for this group of people - from professional athletes aside - is the motor impairment caused by Yips may vitally important, as manifested dystonia can lead not only to the power constraint, but in extreme cases, the final professional task.