[Other Sport] Simone Biles

[dazzer6666]

Strong words (in support of Biles, obvs) from Alex Scott on the highlights programme just now………

 

[Happy Exile]

Strange comparisons.
I was watching the gymnastics, live on television, when Biles stood down. She had already attempted one apparatus, so it was very well known

Where am I supposed to have heard about the boss of Lloyds bank or Norway’s prime minister?

All people suffering with mental health problems should receive help, so why question what people know or even raise the description of a young black female athlete, as if that should make any difference?

Perhaps my point wasn't clear, my fault if not - everyone should get help. I absolutely agree. My point was that those who criticise people who are honest about their vulnerability, like Piers Morgan does, are generally silent about the very high profile at the time incidents involving white men being vulnerable about their mental health.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

This is a really good thread on Twitter from a gymnast and driver which explains in much more detail what is likely to have happened to Simone Biles. In essence it's similar to the yips for a golfer except the stakes are much higher.

https://twitter.com/WittyNameChoice/status/1420225657938710533?s=19

I wonder whether it being explained as a "mental health" issue perhaps causes more problems than it solves?




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[Deleted member 2719]

Ms Starmer

Yes, I was well thought of, before I retired, for my attention to detail, so I’ll take that as a compliment, comparing me to the best QC in the CPS.

Of course, some people might say you were name calling, but I couldn’t possibly say that!

Make no mistake TB, it is a compliment, in fact you are streets ahead of him.

Arise Dame Thunder bolt.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Then you should stay off NSC until you feel better


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Or conversly you could just ban him for slandering me as a rascist, every other post.

Surely that is the job of a moderator.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Make no mistake TB, it is a compliment, in fact you are streets ahead of him.

Arise Dame Thunder bolt.

Flattery will get you nowhere. Behave.

 

[Stat Brother]

In some ways life has got a lot simpler


morgan with rabid, mouth frothing opinion = I'm in favour/sympathetic/receptive of the opposite opinion.

Apply that to farage, Johnson, GB News et al and life becomes a lot quicker to digest.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Or conversly you could just ban him for slandering me as a rascist, every other post.

Surely that is the job of a moderator.

Says someone who is happy to dish out crap but can’t take it when it comes back.
Your only support on this thread is from our resident racist which speaks volumes does it not?


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[Guinness Boy]

Or conversly you could just ban him for slandering me as a rascist, every other post.

Surely that is the job of a moderator.

No my job as a mod is to call it as I see it. In you I see someone who makes “controversial” posts based on no evidence about famous people who are either black or socially liberal, or who thinks so little about his posts that he’ll call for a group of Jews to be branded. Then, when you’re called out you play the victim.

If this upsets you I genuinely suggest you take your business elsewhere. If not, don’t be surprised to see this pattern repeat itself.


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[Pierre the Painter]

Strong words (in support of Biles, obvs) from Alex Scott on the highlights programme just now………

Forgive me for taking this slightly off topic but that's about the most composed and assured she has been on the highlights programme so far. She is so wooden and awkward, looks like a fish out of water with this Olympics coverage and has seemingly no clue about most of the sports. Compare her to Clare Balding who just makes it look so easy as though she is having a friendly chat with you in your living room about the Olympics, an absolute class act.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Oh yeah, the other thing the mods do is spot genuine second accounts, eh Crodo?


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[dazzer6666]

Just been listening to Beth Tweddle (partly) explain what happened to Biles……..essentially a mental block that happens mid move and quite well known thing in gymnastics apparently - called it ‘the twisties’. Actually sounds as scary as **** - potentially several feet off the ground, mid spin, and literally no idea what to do at that point. At the speed, height and complexity of move Biles has developed (a lot of her stuff is in uncharted territory) such a thing must be terrifying. Once it happens, it is likely to keep happening - only solved by something like an extended period practicing on a crash mat (soft landing).

Made me think maybe it’s something a little bit like Stuart Broad suffered - his test batting was getting better and better, but has been woeful ever since he got hit in the face and he now looks clueless.

 

[Stat Brother]

Just been listening to Beth Tweddle (partly) explain what happened to Biles……..essentially a mental block that happens mid move and quite well known thing in gymnastics apparently - called it ‘the twisties’. Actually sounds as scary as **** - potentially several feet off the ground, mid spin, and literally no idea what to do at that point. At the speed, height and complexity of move Biles has developed (a lot of her stuff is in uncharted territory) such a thing must be terrifying. Once it happens, it is likely to keep happening - only solved by something like an extended period practicing on a crash mat (soft landing).

Made me think maybe it’s something a little bit like Stuart Broad suffered - his test batting was getting better and better, but has been woeful ever since he got hit in the face and he now looks clueless.

Yeah the exact same thing was said on a podcast I listen to by Washington Post journo Barry Svrluga, who's currently in Tokyo.
Due to the nature of the show, all they cared about was how much saliva Barry had to produce and nothing about the sport he was covering!


Quite what the fudge Morgan et al are on about is (sadly isn't) absolutely moronic.

 

[dazzer6666]

Yeah the exact same thing was said on a podcast I listen to by Washington Post journo Barry Svrluga, who's currently in Tokyo.
Due to the nature of the show, all they cared about was how much saliva Barry had to produce and nothing about the sport he was covering!


Quite what the fudge Morgan et al are on about is (sadly isn't) absolutely moronic.

I can find myself in the kitchen forgetting what I am supposed to be doing next….that’s scary enough. Forgetting what’s next when you’re spinning upside down 10ft in the air, disoriented from the two somersaults you’ve already done must be terrifying.

 

[Stat Brother]

I can find myself in the kitchen forgetting what I am supposed to be doing next….that’s scary enough. Forgetting what’s next when you’re spinning upside down 10ft in the air, disoriented from the two somersaults you’ve already done must be terrifying.

Morgan could stick the landing though.


Svrluga was saying the extra year has really got into Biles' head.

He said she was all set for 2020 then done.
That was her game plan all along.

Then she had to almost force herself into the extra year, through her 24th birthday onto Tokyo and by the time she was there The Yips had well and truly taken over.

 

[Scappa]

Just to raise the mood a bit, here's Piers Morgan facing an over of Brett Lee:



Perhaps he'd like to demonstrate for the class how to execute a perfect Yurchenko

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

https://twitter.com/ByKimberleyA/st...athlon-relay-athletics-swimming-and-more-live

Hopefully this should link to a post made by Simone Biles showing and explaining the issue.

I wonder if people still think she was being a brat?

If the link doesn't take you to where it should...sorry! It was on the guardian live olympics thread.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/l...athlon-relay-athletics-swimming-and-more-live

Message posted at 1:57p.m japan time so 5:57a.m uk time, I think.

 

[Mellotron]

So now that white male Ben Stokes has just decided to take time off cricket for mental health reasons, I have no doubt whatsoever that Piers Morgan has already massively piled in on him.

No? Oh, that’s weird.

I wonder why.