Gymnasts explain the “twisties,” after Simone Biles recovers from a case

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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  …

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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

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