The Wagering Yips

[TheSpyder]

Gotta take the pressure off. The more you think about it, like yips, the more you're gonna choke.

Sometime's I feel the pressure in capping. Starting with race one (lousyrace0 Race 2, etc. So instead, I'll right to the best races of the day, maybe feature, maybe grass route (my favs), and work my way back into earlier races.

Are you picking bad horses or making bad wajors. Big difference. If it's the latter do as the last poster says and make wagors that pay off more often. Win versus pick three, etc.

That will be $50 sir.

Dr. Spyder

[Bigsmc]

Steve Sax...




Stop.

Don't look at a form or a sheet for at least the next five days. The next form you should look at is for the next Saturday's (the contest) card.

Just stop. If things are that bad you are only going to make them worse by continuing to try to get rid of your yips. You need a fresh outlook.

[ArlJim78]

sometimes you can over prepare and burnout. after the weekend take three days off, don't look at a form or watch a race. you'll be fresh for the following weekend. sometimes its like a horse and you just need a freshening.

if that don't work, try an equipment change, like getting gelded. it might help you focus.

[golfer]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

sometimes you can over prepare and burnout. after the weekend take three days off, don't look at a form or watch a race. you'll be fresh for the following weekend. sometimes its like a horse and you just need a freshening.

if that don't work, try an equipment change, like getting gelded. it might help you focus.

Gelded? a bit extreme, perhaps, but trying times call for extreme measures!
The Yips exist only in the mind of the individual who believes he has them, so to get rid of them, you need only convince yourself that they are gone! Whatever it takes to do this, is what you need to do. Remember, 90% of handicapping is half mental!
Ya Gotta Believe

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by golfer

Gelded? a bit extreme, perhaps, but trying times call for extreme measures!
The Yips exist only in the mind of the individual who believes he has them, so to get rid of them, you need only convince yourself that they are gone! Whatever it takes to do this, is what you need to do. Remember, 90% of handicapping is half mental!
Ya Gotta Believe

yep its extreme, but i do believe that scav will do whatever it takes to win this thing.