Stop the Yips with Hypnosis
Hypnotherapy Solutions for Performance Blocks
Understanding the Problem
What are the Yips - and Why Won’t They Go Away?
Do you experience involuntary twitches, jerks, or freezing that strike at critical moments—during a serve, a free throw, a penalty kick, a lift, or a putt—usually when it matters most?
These aren’t simply mechanical faults. The yips are a mental performance block rooted in anxiety, overthinking, and a breakdown in trust between your conscious and subconscious mind.
That’s why technical adjustments, coaching tips, and sheer willpower rarely fix them. You can’t think your way out of a problem that lives below conscious thought.
The Root Cause
Why the Yips Keep Coming Back
Many athletes try to fix performance problems by changing their grip, stance, or pre-performance routine. Sometimes those adjustments help for a session or two, then the problem returns—often worse.
That’s because issues like the yips or sudden performance blocks live in the subconscious, not in your mechanics. Your brain has learned to link a specific movement or situation with fear and failure. Each mistake strengthens that pattern below the level of conscious control.
Until you address the subconscious pattern, the problem will keep coming back. Hypnosis is one of the few proven methods that works directly at that level.
Meet
Craig Buboltz
Certified Hypnotherapist Specializing in Sports Performance
Certified Hypnotherapist
When I first began working with athletes for peak performance, my primary goal was to bridge hypnosis and flow states — helping performers move effortlessly into their best, most focused moments.
Over time, however, I noticed a different, recurring need: many athletes came to me struggling with the yips — sudden, involuntary performance blocks that undermine confidence and execution.
Hypnotherapy has proven to be a highly effective tool for addressing the yips, uncovering the underlying anxiety and motor-pattern disruption, and creating real, lasting breakthroughs.
If the yips or other performance barriers are holding you back, I’d like to hear your story. Schedule a free discovery call and let’s explore a tailored plan to get you back to performing at your peak.
The SOLUTION
How Top Sport Hypnosis Fixes the Yips
Identify the Specific Mental Barrier
Every athlete’s performance block has its own origin. We begin by pinpointing exactly when and where your confidence or rhythm first faltered — the skill, the situation, the recurring pattern — so we can target the root cause precisely.
Build New Mental Skills and Routines
You’ll learn breathing methods, focus cues, and a consistent pre-performance routine that quiets the conscious mind and allows trained instincts and muscle memory to take over — even under pressure.
Rewire the Subconscious with Hypnosis
Through guided hypnosis sessions, we replace limiting mental patterns with new physical and emotional cues to rebuild confidence and trust. Visualization under hypnosis forms the same neural pathways as physical practice, creating lasting change at the source.
Access Flow on Demand
You’ll leave with self-hypnosis tools and pre-performance strategies you can use before competition or practice to enter your optimal mental state — focused, confident, and free from the block.
The PROGRAM
5 Weeks to Transform Your Game
This structured 5‑week virtual program addresses the yips with five 1‑hour Zoom sessions, held once per week. After each session you receive a review module to reinforce the concepts and support steady progress. The program teaches practical mental training routines and self-hypnosis techniques specifically tailored to overcome the yips—shifting you from disruptive reflexes and anxiety to confident, controlled performance.
Eliminate Mental Blocks
Reduce Performance Anxiety
Enhance Emotional Regulation
Build Confidence and Trust
Sharpen Focus and Concentration
Performance Benefits
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Tell me your story and together we’ll discuss a plan to fit your needs
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What My Clients are Saying…
Highly Recommended
A great introduction to hypnosis. As someone always striving for self-improvement, these sessions brought me to a level of focus and clarity I had never reached before, making my intentions feel more tangible and achievable. The session starts with a clear and informative introduction to the principles of hypnosis, which seamlessly transitions into the actual experience. Craig Buboltz is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject, and you can feel it while he works with you. Overall, I highly recommend it.
Nicolas, Miami Florida
Literal Game Changer
Craig Buboltz literally changed my tennis game and mind set in just a handful of sessions. He helped me unlock the secrets to overcoming myself. I would highly recommend anyone playing tennis, golf, or any sport to meet with him to unlock your subconscious mind to maximize your full potential. You will thank me later.
Bob G. Ormond Beach Florida
