Biles is not a pilot. She doesn't perform in the IFR weather conditions pilots fly in. And if this is so common among gymnasts, why is she the only Olympic gymnast in the history of the Olympics to quit because of it?
I suppose for the same reason that not everyone gets vertigo, nor gets vertigo all the time or in all situations. People can do the same thing a hundred times but one time, for whatever reason, they get frightened to the point of having to step back, maybe even reevaluate their position. Not knowing if that decision to step back is the correct choice to make usually causes a lot of, indecision.Biles is not a pilot. She doesn't perform in the IFR weather conditions pilots fly in. And if this is so common among gymnasts, why is she the only Olympic gymnast in the history of the Olympics to quit because of it?
I can somewhat agree with that. It just seems odd, that with all the gymnastics being performed all over the world in high schools and colleges everywhere, by literally tens of thousands of performers, you would hear more about it. And would have seen other high profile gymnastic withdrawals because of it.I suppose for the same reason that not everyone gets vertigo, nor gets vertigo all the time or in all situations. People can do the same thing a hundred times but one time, for whatever reason, they get frightened to the point of having to step back, maybe even reevaluate their position. Not knowing if that decision to step back is the correct choice to make usually causes a lot of, indecision.
Beat that horse....beat him good."Let it go"
Yeah it does seem odd, unless because of her 'status' as the top ranking gymnast, the media focuses more on her than on anyone else. I know that when my granddaughter was in Cheer some of the kids, who had done the same flips and jumps a million times, just quit because they all of a sudden became afraid of it. I guess It can happen to anyone but the media certainly doesn't scrutinize these kids when it does.I can somewhat agree with that. It just seems odd, that with all the gymnastics being performed all over the world in high schools and colleges everywhere, by literally tens of thousands of performers, you would hear more about it. And would have seen other high profile gymnastic withdrawals because of it.
Outside of the olympics, when do you hear about gymnastics meets? Do you follow college gymnastics at all? There is no pro division of gymnastics in the US. So how can you imply that it doesn't happen? As a former gymnast I have seen this happen a few times, and a few times the gymnast SHOULD have been pulled but tried to compete anyway. Little hint, those last few, yeah they got injured. This is why I've stood up for Biles all this time. Her political stance means nothing to this argument. As someone who has experience this myself, I understand why she did this. Thankfully I've never had this occur before or during a meet, but I have had to sit out of practice a few days with it. Its not a very common thing, I've had it happen twice in my gymnastics career. But it is a real thing.I can somewhat agree with that. It just seems odd, that with all the gymnastics being performed all over the world in high schools and colleges everywhere, by literally tens of thousands of performers, you would hear more about it. And would have seen other high profile gymnastic withdrawals because of it.
If it was a major problem, you would have heard about it long before Biles came down the pike. Look at Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in football. No one knew it even existed. When it was finally medically proven, there were major repercussions and law suits against the NFL. Millions of dollars were paid out. Many well known players died directly because of it.
Today there are high schools that have dropped their football programs directly because of it. Parents are objecting to their kids playing. One of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game, Brett Farve has said he doesn't want his son playing because of it. Even the NFL has stated it is going to cause draft issues in the future of the game, because there will be fewer players to draft from.
No one has ever quit the Olympics because of the "Twisties". Severe injuries happen in football that are not related to CTE. Just as injuries occur in gymnastics completely unrelated to "Twisties". In fact it's the first time in Olympic history it has ever been mentioned.
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