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ESPN featured a story about Luke Hagerty's comeback from the yips in 2019. He never played after being drafted #32 overall by the [[Chicago Cubs]] in the 2002 draft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25893836/inside-37-year-old-pitcher-luke-hagerty-improbable-comeback-story|title=Luke Hagerty Improbably Comeback|last=Passan|first=Jeff|date=2019-02-04|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2018-02-04}}</ref>
==In gymnastics==
In [[artistic gymnastics]], the yips are known as the "twisties". They refer to a sudden loss of a gymnast's ability to maintain body control during aerial maneuvers. Some gymnasts reference a feeling of disorientation or unawareness of where the ground is. This loss of air awareness increases the chance of a serious or critical injury occurring if the gymnast forgets in the moment how to land the maneuver safely. During the 2020 Olympic qualifications, American gymnast [[Simone Biles]] flew out of bounds twice on the floor and failed to stick her landing on the vault. Despite this, she still qualified for the all-around final in first place. During the Olympic events, Biles was unable to complete her skills and popularized the term "twisties," causing her to withdraw from competition after the [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|women's team all-around]] final. She attributed her loss of air awareness to a mental health condition. Biles returned to perform a downscaled routine in the [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam|balance beam]] final, winning the bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reeve|first=Elle|date=July 28, 2021|title=Simone Biles and 'the twisties': How fear affects the mental health and physical safety of gymnasts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/us/simone-biles-olympics-gymnastics-physical-mental-health/index.html|access-date=2021-07-28|work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/28/twisties-gymnastics-simone-biles-tokyo-olympics/|title=Simone Biles said she got the 'twisties.' Gymnasts immediately understood.|last=Giambalvo|first=Emily|date=28 July 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref>
American gymnasts [[Laurie Hernandez]] and [[Aleah Finnegan]] both stated that they have experienced a loss of air awareness during their career and spoke out in support of Biles during the games in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/what-are-the-twisties|title= What are the twisties?|website=Olympics.com |date=28 July 2021}}</ref> Finnegan stated "I cannot imagine the fear of having it happen to you during competition. You have absolutely no control over your body and what it does."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/28/simone-biles-twisties-the-mental-block-which-puts-gymnasts-at-serious-risk |title= Simone Biles' twisties: mental block which puts gymnasts at serious risk|website=The Guardian|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>
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