Simone Biles Mentioned The Twisties As The Reason For Her Withdrawal So Gymnasts Are Explaining What That Means
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Since Simone Biles quit the team final at the Tokyo Olympics, everyone has been asking the same question: "Why?" "I had no idea where I was in the air," Biles explained her decision. "You have to be there 100% or 120% because if you're not, you could get hurt." Former gymnasts immediately recognized what she said between the lines and have taken to social media to break down a condition known as "the twisties." On the surface level, the twisties is a mental state where your muscle memory shuts down in the air mid-twist. It can happen to any gymnast at any time, and is even more likely under pressure. A mental block doesn't seem like something that could happen to arguably the best gymnast of all time, someone who routinely performs incredibly well on the biggest stages. But brains are tricky. Image credits: wikimedia Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Vault was the first event for the US and Russia in the team finals and Biles was supposed to do an Amanar - a backward flipping vault with 2.5 twists. The 24-year-old athlete has been successfully competing in the vault since she was 16. But in warmups, she bailed out of it, doing just one 1.5 twists out of a vault. In the competition, it was worse: 1.5 twists again, but with less height, forcing a deep step out of it. Biles pulled out of the rest of the team competition. Later, she also withdrew from the individual all-around competition, saying she wanted to focus on her mental health instead. The Russian Olympic Committee won the team gold medal with 169.528 points. The U.S. claimed silver with 166.096, while Great Britain took the bronze at 164.096. The Americans won this competition in both the 2016 and 2012 Olympics.
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POST Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A sport, any sport, is only a sport. Doesn’t matter if it is gymnastics, football or any other one, it is not worth risking your life or health over. 43 43points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago you're absolutely right !! and let's not forget she is an amazing athlete. not a quitter. that was a very tough decision i guess. she is certainly extremely sad about that. but that was a brave and smart decision. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Calypso poet Calypso poet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I still remember watching Rory McIlroy hurt his wrist when his club hit a tree root. Ouch! He played through it but I don't think it was ever the same. After seeing that I no longer attempt those shots golfing because I play for fun, not money. Look at what Tiger Woods has gone through and I'm not a fan of his but golf is a tougher sport than people think. Not like gymnastics but I was ordered not to golf for a few weeks by a dr at one point. 4 4points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The driving analogy helped me make sense of it. I would be terrified of being in mid air and not knowing where I was. There has been comments about her letting her team and country down. I doubt her team mates, coach and anyone else who actually matters feel that way. It also really wound up Pierce Morgan (a UK TV presenter and "journalist") so she did the right thing. For those who are not aware, Morgan walked out of a TV studio on live TV and quit his job because he couldn't handle the weatherman not agreeing with him. Pot, Kettle etc 29 29points reply Sian Edwards Sian Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Piers Morgan is a total hypocrite and should be ignored completely! 28 28points reply Load More Replies... Potato Potato Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What would Pierce Morgan know about athleticism? He's a joke of a human being. 9 9points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago He constantly runs his mouth. About as athletic as he gets. 5 5points reply FABULOUS1 FABULOUS1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Sorry but that guys is a real piece of s**t. I dont think he nor many including myself fully understand what athletes put their bodies through. 4 4points reply Emma Byrne Emma Byrne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh it gets worse, Piers Morgan hacked a dead girls phone giving the police and her parents hope she was still alive and derailing the investigation. Piers Morgan is an absolute c@^t. 1 1point reply CatWoman312 CatWoman312 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So in other words, she’s human. 23 23points reply Load More Comments POST Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A sport, any sport, is only a sport. Doesn’t matter if it is gymnastics, football or any other one, it is not worth risking your life or health over. 43 43points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago you're absolutely right !! and let's not forget she is an amazing athlete. not a quitter. that was a very tough decision i guess. she is certainly extremely sad about that. but that was a brave and smart decision. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Calypso poet Calypso poet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I still remember watching Rory McIlroy hurt his wrist when his club hit a tree root. Ouch! He played through it but I don't think it was ever the same. After seeing that I no longer attempt those shots golfing because I play for fun, not money. Look at what Tiger Woods has gone through and I'm not a fan of his but golf is a tougher sport than people think. Not like gymnastics but I was ordered not to golf for a few weeks by a dr at one point. 4 4points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The driving analogy helped me make sense of it. I would be terrified of being in mid air and not knowing where I was. There has been comments about her letting her team and country down. I doubt her team mates, coach and anyone else who actually matters feel that way. It also really wound up Pierce Morgan (a UK TV presenter and "journalist") so she did the right thing. For those who are not aware, Morgan walked out of a TV studio on live TV and quit his job because he couldn't handle the weatherman not agreeing with him. Pot, Kettle etc 29 29points reply Sian Edwards Sian Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Piers Morgan is a total hypocrite and should be ignored completely! 28 28points reply Load More Replies... Potato Potato Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What would Pierce Morgan know about athleticism? He's a joke of a human being. 9 9points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago He constantly runs his mouth. About as athletic as he gets. 5 5points reply FABULOUS1 FABULOUS1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Sorry but that guys is a real piece of s**t. I dont think he nor many including myself fully understand what athletes put their bodies through. 4 4points reply Emma Byrne Emma Byrne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh it gets worse, Piers Morgan hacked a dead girls phone giving the police and her parents hope she was still alive and derailing the investigation. Piers Morgan is an absolute c@^t. 1 1point reply CatWoman312 CatWoman312 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So in other words, she’s human. 23 23points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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Simone Biles Mentioned The ‘ Twisties’ As The Reason For Her Withdrawal So Gymnasts Are Explaining What That Means
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Since Simone Biles quit the team final at the Tokyo Olympics, everyone has been asking the same question: "Why?" "I had no idea where I was in the air," Biles explained her decision. "You have to be there 100% or 120% because if you're not, you could get hurt." Former gymnasts immediately recognized what she said between the lines and have taken to social media to break down a condition known as "the twisties." On the surface level, the twisties is a mental state where your muscle memory shuts down in the air mid-twist. It can happen to any gymnast at any time, and is even more likely under pressure. A mental block doesn't seem like something that could happen to arguably the best gymnast of all time, someone who routinely performs incredibly well on the biggest stages. But brains are tricky. Image credits: wikimedia Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Image credits: WittyNameChoice Vault was the first event for the US and Russia in the team finals and Biles was supposed to do an Amanar - a backward flipping vault with 2.5 twists. The 24-year-old athlete has been successfully competing in the vault since she was 16. But in warmups, she bailed out of it, doing just one 1.5 twists out of a vault. In the competition, it was worse: 1.5 twists again, but with less height, forcing a deep step out of it. Biles pulled out of the rest of the team competition. Later, she also withdrew from the individual all-around competition, saying she wanted to focus on her mental health instead. The Russian Olympic Committee won the team gold medal with 169.528 points. The U.S. claimed silver with 166.096, while Great Britain took the bronze at 164.096. The Americans won this competition in both the 2016 and 2012 Olympics.
Athletes did one heck of a job explaining the situation
Image credits: TheBatMarino Image credits: Gymtertainment I was 14 y/o w/ a tibial stress fracture, left alone w/ no cervical spine exam after this fall. I competed in the Olympic floor final minutes later. @Simone_Biles 🤍 decision demonstrates that we have a say in our own health-"a say" I NEVER felt I had as an Olympian. pic.twitter.com/LVdghdAh1g - Dominique Moceanu (@Dmoceanu) July 28, 2021 Image credits: Dmoceanu Image credits: Dmoceanu Among many others, Aleah Finnegan, a gymnast on the USA national team, spoke about the subject on Twitter. "I've had the twisties since I was 11. I cannot imagine the fear of having it happen to you during a competition. They have very limited equipment and mats in Tokyo to help something like this get fixed let alone within a day. You have absolutely no control over your body and what it does." Just like other sports, gymnastics is mental and where the sport differs from many others is that if gymnasts are not in the right frame of mind to execute their dangerous skills, they will not simply run slower or strike a ball into a fence. Each complex skill comes with the risk of serious injury, and it is something they are keenly aware of each day. Christina Myers, a former gymnast and now a gymnastics coach from Birmingham, Alabama, told BBC News that the twisties happen "when your brain and body disconnect". "Imagine skydiving and your parachute won't open," she explained. "Your body starts adding extra twists and flips to the skill you're supposed to be doing, and it can affect even the skills that feel as routine as walking to an elite gymnast." "Your brain wants nothing more than to perform the intended skill correctly, but your body feels like it suddenly has a mind of its own." Myers added that "because the twisties are mainly psychological, the harder you try to push through, the harder the twisties push back".And people really appreciated their input
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POST Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A sport, any sport, is only a sport. Doesn’t matter if it is gymnastics, football or any other one, it is not worth risking your life or health over. 43 43points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago you're absolutely right !! and let's not forget she is an amazing athlete. not a quitter. that was a very tough decision i guess. she is certainly extremely sad about that. but that was a brave and smart decision. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Calypso poet Calypso poet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I still remember watching Rory McIlroy hurt his wrist when his club hit a tree root. Ouch! He played through it but I don't think it was ever the same. After seeing that I no longer attempt those shots golfing because I play for fun, not money. Look at what Tiger Woods has gone through and I'm not a fan of his but golf is a tougher sport than people think. Not like gymnastics but I was ordered not to golf for a few weeks by a dr at one point. 4 4points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The driving analogy helped me make sense of it. I would be terrified of being in mid air and not knowing where I was. There has been comments about her letting her team and country down. I doubt her team mates, coach and anyone else who actually matters feel that way. It also really wound up Pierce Morgan (a UK TV presenter and "journalist") so she did the right thing. For those who are not aware, Morgan walked out of a TV studio on live TV and quit his job because he couldn't handle the weatherman not agreeing with him. Pot, Kettle etc 29 29points reply Sian Edwards Sian Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Piers Morgan is a total hypocrite and should be ignored completely! 28 28points reply Load More Replies... Potato Potato Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What would Pierce Morgan know about athleticism? He's a joke of a human being. 9 9points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago He constantly runs his mouth. About as athletic as he gets. 5 5points reply FABULOUS1 FABULOUS1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Sorry but that guys is a real piece of s**t. I dont think he nor many including myself fully understand what athletes put their bodies through. 4 4points reply Emma Byrne Emma Byrne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh it gets worse, Piers Morgan hacked a dead girls phone giving the police and her parents hope she was still alive and derailing the investigation. Piers Morgan is an absolute c@^t. 1 1point reply CatWoman312 CatWoman312 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So in other words, she’s human. 23 23points reply Load More Comments POST Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A sport, any sport, is only a sport. Doesn’t matter if it is gymnastics, football or any other one, it is not worth risking your life or health over. 43 43points reply Abhinc Abhinc Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago you're absolutely right !! and let's not forget she is an amazing athlete. not a quitter. that was a very tough decision i guess. she is certainly extremely sad about that. but that was a brave and smart decision. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Calypso poet Calypso poet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I still remember watching Rory McIlroy hurt his wrist when his club hit a tree root. Ouch! He played through it but I don't think it was ever the same. After seeing that I no longer attempt those shots golfing because I play for fun, not money. Look at what Tiger Woods has gone through and I'm not a fan of his but golf is a tougher sport than people think. Not like gymnastics but I was ordered not to golf for a few weeks by a dr at one point. 4 4points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The driving analogy helped me make sense of it. I would be terrified of being in mid air and not knowing where I was. There has been comments about her letting her team and country down. I doubt her team mates, coach and anyone else who actually matters feel that way. It also really wound up Pierce Morgan (a UK TV presenter and "journalist") so she did the right thing. For those who are not aware, Morgan walked out of a TV studio on live TV and quit his job because he couldn't handle the weatherman not agreeing with him. Pot, Kettle etc 29 29points reply Sian Edwards Sian Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Piers Morgan is a total hypocrite and should be ignored completely! 28 28points reply Load More Replies... Potato Potato Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What would Pierce Morgan know about athleticism? He's a joke of a human being. 9 9points reply James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago He constantly runs his mouth. About as athletic as he gets. 5 5points reply FABULOUS1 FABULOUS1 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Sorry but that guys is a real piece of s**t. I dont think he nor many including myself fully understand what athletes put their bodies through. 4 4points reply Emma Byrne Emma Byrne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh it gets worse, Piers Morgan hacked a dead girls phone giving the police and her parents hope she was still alive and derailing the investigation. Piers Morgan is an absolute c@^t. 1 1point reply CatWoman312 CatWoman312 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So in other words, she’s human. 23 23points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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