{"product_id":"phenomenon-pressure-the-yips-and-the-pitch-that-changed-my-life","title":"Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eRick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as \"the Yips.\" It came without warning, in the middle of a playoff game, with millions of people watching. And it has never gone away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet the true test of Ankiel's character came not on the mound, but in the long days and nights that followed as he searched for a way to get back in the game. For four and a half years, he fought the Yips with every arrow in his quiver: psychotherapy, medication, deep-breathing exercises, self-help books, and, eventually, vodka. And then, after reconsidering his whole life at the age of twenty-five, Ankiel made an amazing turnaround: returning to the Major Leagues as a hitter and playing seven successful seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is an incredible story about a universal experience -- pressure -- and what happened when a person on the brink had to make a choice about who he was going to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54015969788272,"sku":"978-1541773653","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_7200_846f83d7fd.jpg?v=1783670072","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de\/products\/phenomenon-pressure-the-yips-and-the-pitch-that-changed-my-life","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}