Lost Move Syndrome (LMS) is even less well understood, and different from "yips"; it is
"I no longer knew how to pull the trigger", and not "I couldn't pull the trigger".https://www.trapshooters.com/threads/yips-flinches-and-trigger-control.851611/ It has been described as a psychological condition in which athletes find themselves unable to perform a skill that was previously automatic. Lost Movement Syndrome affected athletes remain in possession of the motor program for the skill, and are still physically capable of performing it, but are temporarily prevented from accessing it.
Some parallels can be drawn between the yips and LMS, specifically related to cognitive anxiety, ineffective focus, and a switch to conscious processing.
Kate Hays, English Institute of Sport, "Yips and Lost Move Syndrome: Exploring Psychological Symptoms, Similarities, and Implications for Treatment", 2015
https://www.researchgate.net/public...ilarities_and_implications_for_treatment Jennifer Bennett, "The Psychology of the Yips and Lost Movement Syndrome in Sport", 2015
http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20626/1/10701273.pdf Simon Biles' "Twisties" at the 2021 Olympic Games were a variant of LMS
https://www.snexplores.org/article/simone-biles-twisties-gymnastics-olympics-explainer
