The former Simone Biles coach revealed that the gymnast Superstar experienced the “twisties” before the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Conformity with ESPN.
Aimee Boorman, who trained Biles from the age of 7 to the Rio Olympic Games, writes in his new book, “The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles”, which launches on Tuesday, which Biles “could not twist, in the Basic Grums.”
Biles took a Two -year hiatus of gymnastics After leaving multiple events at Tokyo Olympic Games in the summer of 2021 following The turns, An emotional block when a gymnast loses control of his body while turning in the air that could cause serious injuries.
Boorman’s book reveals that Biles experienced Twisties more than one for the first time publicly.
“Yes, before Simone introduces the world on Twisties in 2021, he had experienced this property phenomenon in January 2016,” writes Boorman. “When this happens to a gymnast who is turning more than ten feet in the air and loses the consciousness of the body in space and time, not knowing if they are going to land on their backs, feet or is little more dangerous [than the “yips” in baseball or golf]. “
2016 Rio Olympics on August 14, 2016. Reuters
Boorman said he noticed for the first time that Biles felt pressure in his third world championship in Glasgow, Scotland, in October 2015, and in three months, he could not twist.
Biles “would physically stop to twist during his routines because he was afraid to get lost in the air,” writes Boorman. “Simone would never crash; she would simply stop Erple before trying a turn.”
Boorman continued explaining that he was patient with biles and constantly reoring that he believed in her.
“She was already the consecutive world champion,” Boorman wrote, adding that she spoke with the parents and Biles therapist about what she was experiencing in sport. “Simone knew how to twist.
“Simone needed time, support and tranquility he believed in her.”
Biles beat the Twisties in time for Olympic qualification in 2016.
She first competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in Everett, Washington, which April and won the All-Around.
Four months later in Rio, Biles became the first American gymnast to win four gold medals in a single Olympic.
Biles, who wrote the prologue of the book, recalled that his former coach always had his best interest in his heart.
“Coach Aimee and I have a special link,” Biles wrote. “She always did the best for an athletes personally, even if Ify told her that you could not work … coach Aimee understands that each athlete works, processes instruction and learning, and she attacks that.”
Biles deals with Twisties in Tokyo In the midst of mental health struggles and retired from the individual competition of every sound.
He returned to the final of the Balance Beam and won a bronze medal, writing the Shannon Miller record for most Olympic medals of an American gymnast.
Biles assured four medals at the Paris Olympic Games last summer and became the most decorated American gymnast in the history of the Olympic Games.
“The Balance” of Boorman is available on Tuesday.
