{"id":311081,"date":"2021-07-29T02:05:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-are-the-twisties-simone-biles-dangerous-gymnastics-phenomenon\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T02:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:05:30","slug":"what-are-the-twisties-simone-biles-dangerous-gymnastics-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-are-the-twisties-simone-biles-dangerous-gymnastics-phenomenon\/","title":{"rendered":"#What are the ‘twisties’? Simone Biles’ dangerous gymnastics phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#What are the ‘twisties’? Simone Biles’ dangerous gymnastics phenomenon<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Simone Biles shocked the world when she announced she would be not be competing in two Olympic finals due to mental health issues. Several have deemed her psychological state as the \u201ctwisties.\u201d But what is this phenomenon that is currently rampant in gymnastics?<\/p>\n

Biles, 24, told reporters shortly after her exit that she was \u201chaving a little bit of the twisties.\u201d Several athletes and gymnasts have described \u201ctwisties\u201d as a mental block that affects physical performance. <\/p>\n

According to the BBC<\/a>, in gymnastics, the twisties can cause someone to lose their sense of space and dimension as they\u2019re in the air. This causes them to lose control of their body and they may perform extra twists or flips that they hadn\u2019t intended to do. Sometimes, the person may find themselves unable to land safely on the floor. The strange occurrence can happ<\/a>en to any gymnast even if they\u2019ve done the same routine over and over again without issue.<\/p>\n

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Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Biles seemed to be disorientated while performing a vault during Tuesday\u2019s final and she ultimately stumbled when she landed. But she\u2019s not alone.<\/p>\n

British artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane competed at the Rio Olympics in 2016 where she fell on the balance beam. This past April, Fragapane again fell following a mental block and suffered a head injury that forced her to miss the cut for the individual all-around final in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Fragapane, 23, explained to the BBC that she felt Biles\u2019 pain and could \u201cunderstand exactly how Simone was feeling.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Bristol native continued, \u201c[Biles] has got a lot of weight on her shoulders. Everyone thinks that she is just going to be absolutely out of this world and perfect and she\u2019s not human. But actually she is human, and I think the pressure just got too much.<\/p>\n

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The twisties can be described as a kind of mental block.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cIt\u2019s really dangerous if you doubt yourself a little bit, or you find it really hard, you can really really hurt yourself. I\u2019ve been in her shoes and I ended up hurting myself,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Former athlete and now a gymnastics coach from Birmingham, Ala., Christina Myers told the BBC that the twisties can occur \u201cwhen your brain and body disconnect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Biles completes her vault at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cImagine skydiving and your parachute won\u2019t open,\u201d she explained. \u201cYour body starts adding extra twists and flips to the skill you\u2019re 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myers reiterated, \u201cBecause the twisties are mainly psychological, the harder you try to push through, the harder the twisties push back.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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