I think the reason why many people are skeptical is because the “spatial disorientation “ story took about 4 days to be revealed. If that had not come after “mindfulness” and “mental health” then Biles would have been given the benefit of doubt.
Simone Biles pulls out of the team competition. It's unknown at this point if she will compete in the individual events.
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Everyone is wired different. I have a close friend who has been an ER Doc for over 20 years.
He's mentioned on several occasions people can come in with their body and/or spine mangled with virtually no pain - and it's not a function of interrupted pain signaling. Others come in with severe pain with virtually no sign of any damage through visual or X-ray tests. He also has stated this can transcend both age and gender.
A great deal of the "toughness" we've come to admire is actually heightened pain tolerance via unique cytokine profiles/genetics. This phenomenon can also be observed with the use of functional MRIs. (fMRIs)
People on the Autism spectrum some times can handle pain differently than others. It's all about how the body communicates with itself in regards to pain or any other feeling in general.
Right. Toughness means being able to withstand more pain, be it mental or physical. I'm not diminishing their experiences- they just can't handle it. If I'm in a stressful situation, I want the person next to me to be able to withstand mental and physical stresses.
Agree. But it's pretty common to have a very talented player with a low pain threshold.
Simone Biles is very talented. No argument there. I wish her the best.
As much as it pains me to say it. Federer is the ambassador and DJ is the GOAT.
Barring injury, DJ will likely end up with 25+ slams and also holds a winning head-to-head vs. Federer.
He has got to putt better and CARE. I love DJ but he seems to give up if he isn’t in the lead or adversity strikes. I hope I am wrong.
We were actually talking about Djokovic and tennis, but I agree with you.
If on championships alone, a gentleman named Bill Russell says hello with his 11 rings Also one of the classiest guys in sports
Wilt, Russell, Jordan, Kobe, West, Magic, Kareem, Lebron, Shaq, Duncan, Malone, Durant
He didn’t blame it on mental illness, and he didn’t get called heroic, brave, or courageous for quitting.
So he is just a wuss? I guess that is more honorable? I guess I don't understand why some people throwing out the adjectives really matters.
In his case, I think he quit to rest up and recover for the US Open. Federer and Nadal didn’t even go to the Olympics for that reason.
It’s not admirable what he did, and it’s also not admirable what Biles did. The difference is that Biles initially claimed she quit due to her mental health, and then she had her ass kissed and was widely praised for being heroic and courageous when in actuality she quit or choked or whatever happened with her.
It wasn’t a mental health issue, and we now know that. It took a few days for her PR team to come up with this crap about having the ‘twisties’. If that was really the case, why didn’t she just say that in the beginning instead of talking about mental health? She was lying either then or now.
Nadal had a foot injury after the French Open. Djokovic was going after a Golden slam and couldn't pull it off and threw a hissy fit, including an unwarranted throw of his racket into the stands. Also there was discussions of Biles getting the lost in the air within the first 24 hours of the team finals and even watching the replay of her in the air you can see she looks confused and a little scared. Just for the record a sudden mental block causing you to lose skill overi in something like the Twisties or the Yips are often correlated with mental health.
Just saw that she is going to compete on the beam. Hardly a place where the twisties would be good. I hope she doesn't injure herself. I mean that sincerely. I never wish anyone to be injured
WTH!!?? you put a "White Guy" in there?? How dare you!! Duncan, LOL, Malone LOL are better than BIRD!! You are not real bright are you??
IMO, (and only MY OPINION) a GOAT makes people around him better. Cornbread, Mchale Parrish were nothing without BIRD, but hey, that is My opinion.. If you honestly think Tim Duncan was better than Bird, so be it!!
I believe you’re an attorney. So it’s interesting that you seem to be arguing that mental health should be a get out of jail free card.
I will give Simone (AND ESPN) one thing....... They truly did as CNN and MSNBC told them, they took away ANY Spotlight from Suni Lee for winning all around GOLD, and gave it straight to Simone as planned!!
Great post. But your facts are ruining all of the agendas in this thread.
Not sure where you thought i said Duncan was better than Bird. I never said that. I never mentioned Bird or Duncan. I said if you count championships Bill Russell had to be in the mix. Wilt and Magic would be in that conversation also as would Jordan, Kobe and Lebron. Today's players are bigger stronger and faster. It's hard to compare players of different generations
I've never seen so many people get worked up over a 24 year old gymnast...and most the people who are complaining are supposedly the ones who said they have boycott the Olympics and aren't watching. 🤔
That's a nice gig your cousin has. I am sure your friends and cousin are very familiar with the condition, even if they don't talk about it. I never have before this thread came up.
I haven't experienced it in over 20 years. My first was when my dad was teaching me how to fly by instruments and we got into heavy clouds....and fortunately my dad took over the controls. My second was withing a couple of years after getting IFR certified and we were flying to Tampa at night from the Gvl Downtown Airport, got disoriented over the Gulf on a pitch black night...dad helped me work through the procedure and I was fine thereafter.
If none of your friends or cousin have experienced it, I hope they never do. It isn't fun.
Yea...and Fauci had to be in on this...guess he was busy cooking up the Echo and Foxtrot variants for the Dems.
I asked somone to GIVE me five better than Bird. Duncan, Malone, Jabbar were on "said" list. Sorry.. It was PALEOCOCK..
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You are SO SO Correct. Anything to keep America locked in their Basement depending on Govt. GRADLE TO GRAVE!! Test everyone!!! Well except ILLEGALS coming in, they are ok!! (lol)
I would put Bird in the top 5 as a pure shooter. I doubt Bird could guard Wilt on a one on one situation. No one mention Pete Maravich but would put him in line with Bird. There are just too many athletes out there I would put above Bird. If I need a 3 pointer then Bird would be one of the first person I called.
Dude...you really need to get out more. You sound like one of those Qanon fanatics.
Just stating MY OPINION...... WAIT Sorry, i cant, I will be called names, so Nevermind.. I am sorry your HIGHNESS!!
Bingo. When the story comes that late, it is a sign of trying to control the story. Also, she brought up Nassar when that was dead. Was it in attempt for sympathy? Absolutely. By the way, she comes back in an event where she is not favored to medal. Why? She would have been labeled a choker to come back in the events where favored to win gold. By the way, we still have heard no mental diagnoses. Yet, she runs to an interview to get her face on TV with a smile faster than anyone.
How do you deal with it when flying alone? Didn't the pitcher Roy Holiday crash his experimental plane and died because of getting disoriented? Now I think they found stuff in his system. Not saying that caused anything.
She was the greatest before Biles, but Biles had way more than 16 World Championship and Olympic medals before yesterday. It has nothing to do with color.....geesh!
