Quote:Miss a few and all of a sudden, those uprights look 3 feet wide. Soon you are just hoping your misses aren't "that bad". Before you know it, you are just praying you don't shank it off your foot.


Your mind is jumbled, you watch videos of yourself back when you were reliable and try to recreate that feeling again and it just isn't there. You realize you are past your prime and will likely never get it back.


This happens to professional golfers all the time. It's called the yips.

I think this is the case with Scobee also.

As DF mentioned, a QB may go through this type of slump.

Pro Golfers getting the "yips" is another good one.


Or in basketball, I've heard pro guys talk about shooting in a similar way. Sometimes, when everything seems to be going in, the basket seems like it's as big as a backyard pool. When they go through shooting slumps, it seems the basket is very small and almost has a lid on it.


Scobee most likely is going through this. But, as has been pointed out, kickers rarely get the time for second chances.

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