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Old 08-02-2021, 09:43 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
i read somewhere Simone Biles got The Twisties, in baseball it’s called The Yips; your body literally loses its muscle memory. in one of her earlier vaults you can see her mid-twist, her body nopes out. it’s fairly common, but if she continued performing, she could injure herself. ain’t nothing worth that and, frankly, she has nothing to prove. it was a prudent move.
I am very critical of sports on this high level. It can not be any good for the soul.
Knowing it only every 4 years and that next time you might be too old is really lots of pressure.
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