Simone Biles is coming back from ‘the twisties,’ but not every gymnast does

While there is no common cure for “the twisties,” many gymnasts benefit from taking a step back mentally in hopes of hitting some sort of internal reset button.

For years in gymnastics, the phrase “the twisties” was usually uttered in hushed tones, as if saying the slang term for an athlete’s sudden loss of air awareness during a routine would only deepen the problem.

“It’s almost like a mythical kind of thing,” longtime Oklahoma men’s gymnastics coach Mark Williams said. “When someone says ‘the twisties,’ everyone shudders because it’s bad.”

Then Simone Biles said it in front of the whole world two summers ago in Tokyo, after a  today!

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