Column: The official statement from USA Gymnastics said Simone Biles withdrew from the event to focus on her mental health. As soon as I heard her mention the 'twisties,' it made complete sense to me, says Reuters columnist and former gymnast kannbwx
As soon as she completed only a one-and-a-half twisting Yurchenko vault instead of her normal two-and-a-half, I immediately knew something was not right and wondered, should she continue in the competition?
The official statement from USA Gymnastics said Simone withdrew from the event to focus on her mental health, raising more questions than answers for some. But as soon as I heard her mention the "twisties," it made complete sense to me – because I have unfortunately experienced them.When you have the twisties, you suddenly have no idea where you are or what your body is doing. Confusion mounts.
Every now and then I would make a good one, but I could never tell whether a good or bad one was coming. I was never able to identify what exactly I did differently during the successful attempts. Gymnastics is as much a mental sport as it is physical, and split-second mental errors can have devastating consequences, much more than in most other sports.I was fortunately never injured on my full twist, but I stopped doing twisting tumbling after high school and I still don't understand the whole thing to this day. The twisties forever ended my enjoyment of floor.
Twisting is not the only element where gymnasts have mental blocks. But the problem skills are often the flipping or twisting ones where you briefly lose sight of the apparatus.
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