re: Simone Biles with a message for all the girls out there

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Anyone who knows gymnastics could see she was totally lost in the air when she did her vault in finals. She bailed out of it too soon because she didn't know where she was. That's why you see her arms coming out to the sides. She had a whole 'nother twist she didn't do. He arms would have staying into her body. It's sort of like when the figure skater gets worried about making their jumps and turns a triple into a single...only in gymnastics, making that decision when you are 15 feet in the air (that is truly how high up Biles is!) is extremely dangerous. You all may not know this, but many girls have gotten paralyzed on vaults gone wrong. This could be the case on any tumbling or gymnastics skill where you truly get lost. It's worse for Olympic level, because they are so high up and traveling so fast.

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So...a football player then. Assuming you've never strapped on a helmet and gotten hit by a grown man going at a huge rate of speed, I can tell you it would be just as dangerous or more so to not have your head in the game in that case. And yet, the sports world would absolutely eviscerate any football player who quit mid game because their head wasn't in the game. Difference in that case...sex.

and we all know this.