I support @Simone_Biles 100%-protecting her emotional health & physical safety in a very dangerous sport. I'm in awe of her voice for Nassar survivors n the call for @USAGym transparency n reform - and grateful. And competing during #Covid19...1/ #Twisties nytimes.com/2021/07/28/spo…
All the athletes are suffering from a year of lock-down #COVID19: "... the lack of regular competition for many athletes was the equivalent of a muscle atrophying, said Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a lawyer who won three gold medals and a silver in swimming at the 1984 LA Olympics." 2/
“It’s not that they’re choking; it’s not that they’re out of shape,” Hogshead-Makar said. “Almost no athlete goes for a year with no competition. There is no replacement, when all eyes are on you and you need to be able to perform when the time is right.” 3/
"Regular competition teaches athletes how to deal with adrenaline, raising and lowering it as if it were a thermostat, she said. And competing allows them to get into a state of grace and flow, @Hogshead3Au said, to “let go of the handlebars” of training and... 4/
"...feel a calmness and centeredness, as if the performances were happening by themselves. “You’re really not into cognitive thinking,” Hogshead-Makar said. “I used to feel that my soul was condensed into a needle. I was only really aware of breathing. ...5/
... "I was not my arms and my legs and my head moving around. I was not this cacophony of splashes and movement. I was a sliver. It was these shared moments with God, that’s the only way I know how to describe it.”" 🤷♀️ #Flow #Grace #PracticeCompeting #Covid19StrikesAgain end/
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