"Usually, when you do a new skill, you're scared the first couple of times, and then you kind of get used to it," Biles said. "But every time I stand down at that vault runway, I'm like praying."
"The scariest thing for me off the table is making sure I have a good grip on my leg," she added. "Because, if not, it can slip, and then that's when the mistakes usually happen."
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The second episode of Biles' Facebook Watch docuseries, "Simone vs Herself," was devoted in part to Biles' preparation ahead of her first Yurchenko double pike attempt. During the show, footage of the 24-year-old working on the tricky stunt - which features a roundoff back handspring into two straight-legged flips off the vaulting table - was shown as Biles and her coaches discussed the motivation behind attempting such a dangerous skill.
"Many, many people have said it's nearly impossible for female athletes to do it well and safely," Cecile Landi, one of Biles' coaches, said during the episode. "She likes to prove everyone else wrong."
"She wants to push the boundaries of the sport, as well," Laurent Landi, another of her coaches, added.
Both Biles and her coaches also discussed their concerns that the International Gymnastics Federation - or FIG - would not reward the Yurchenko double pike with a score that reflects the difficulty of the stunt. And though their fears were realized when Biles debuted the vault, Biles suggested that her team "already kind of have our agenda of the things that we'd want to say back."
Check out the exclusive clip from "Simone vs Herself" Episode 2, which premieres Tuesday on Facebook Watch:
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