Simone Biles admitted to having a case of the "twisties," which caused her to withdraw from the team finals at the Olympics.
Fellow gymnasts explain this mysterious phenomenon …
Fellow gymnasts explain this mysterious phenomenon …
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00:00We are raising a generation of weak people like Simone Biles
00:04Mental health first because if you don't then you're not gonna enjoy your sport and you're not gonna succeed
00:30I
00:39Know injury thankfully, and that's why I took a step back because I didn't want to do something silly out there and get injured
00:46I
01:04Know the twisty sounds like a cute silly name, but it's actually a really scary thing
01:08It's pretty serious and you can get really injured. It's like really scary at least to me
01:14It was it's like a mental block that you have
01:17I
01:35When you have the twisties it almost feels like your brain and your body are disconnected
01:39So even if your brain is telling your body to do one thing it will do something else
01:47It's like a trick that's in play
01:48It can be so dangerous because you can get lost in the air while you're flipping and twisting and land on your head or neck
01:54One of the best ways I can describe it is like an airplane not knowing what's up from down
02:17I
02:21Just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a backseat
02:25work on my
02:27Mindfulness, and I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job
02:30And I didn't want to risk the team a medal for kind of my screw-up
02:46You
03:11It's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself because it shows how
03:16Strong of a competitor in person that you really are
03:20Rather than just battle through it