"The yips" applied to football

[Joel S. Berson]

The New York Times Oct. 31, 2010, Sports Sunday, page 3 (New England Edition).

"Jets Kicker is Cured of the Yips" (headline).  Article about Nick Folk.

"Before his midseason release in 2009, he kicked for Dallas as if
suffering from the yips,
only to discover the issues stemmed from his hips."

(All we need is the next three lines, and we'll have a limerick.)

Joel

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