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Simone Biles Chose Herself

By Camonghne Felix — 2021

“I should have quit way before Tokyo.”

Read on www.thecut.com

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Like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, I’ve Stepped Away from Competition Because of Performance Anxiety.

Out in the chalk circle, my vision became tunneled, my stomach tied in knots, and I felt like I couldn’t hear anything but my own racing thoughts.

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Why Simone Biles Getting ‘the Twisties’ Was So Terrifying and What Recovery Could Look Like

This is clearly not a matter of an athlete struggling with technical aspects of a skill or not being physically prepared. There’s something else at work here.

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The Yips

What’s behind the condition that every golfer dreads?

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Performance Pressure