So, for example, if a pitcher began throwing baseballs to the backstop and suffered, as a result, a panic attack right there on the mound, that pitcher’s psyche would be brought back to that moment—the sights, the sounds, the feel of the ball off his fingertips, and then the physical and emotional reactions to that pitch. That is, Dr. Oakley reconstructs the inaugural exposure to the yips so that the response is similar.
