"Struggle and triumph! That's the saga of Brady Choban, a minor league pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels organization, who has successfully conquered the yips, a tough and rare accomplishment for most athletes troubled by that challenging and disruptive affliction. Recently called up to the Salt Lake City Bees, the Angels Triple-A affiliate, from Double-A ball, he's a 6-foot-5, 240-pound athletic stud, currently throwing a 95- to 100-mph fastball, with excellent control, allowing just 2.2 walks per nine innings with the Bees."
""Probably the biggest factor (contributing to the yips) was the fear of failure," shared Choban, reflecting on his early collegiate playing days at Marshall when the yips initially appeared. "It was the feeling of fear when failing. Going out there and not succeeding." "It was like a stumble, and I felt if I didn't throw well, it was a failure for the team," he explained. "And then, going off of that, it was a failure for my career.""
Brady Choban is a minor league pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization who reached Triple-A with the Salt Lake City Bees after promotion from Double-A. He is 6-foot-5, 240 pounds, and throws a 95–100 mph fastball with strong control, recording 2.2 walks per nine innings with the Bees. The yips appeared during his collegiate career at Marshall. Fear of failure triggered the problem and a single failed pitch snowballed into fears about team consequences and his career, creating intense pressure. The yips produced loss of body awareness in his throwing arm and hand. He later overcame the condition.
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