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yips
noun
Nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
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noun
Nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
“To avoid the yips, he changed his style of putting”
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To avoid the yips, he changed his style of putting
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