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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 12yo recently surprised me by wanting to try cheerleading. She just did an intro class and loved it, but a lot of the other girls seem to have been doing cheer or gymnastics for years already. She’s not naturally super flexible, so she’s feeling a bit behind when it comes to splits, bridges, etc.

I’m signing her up for a tumbling class this winter, but I’m mostly wondering has anyone had a kid who wasn’t naturally flexible but improved a lot over time? How long did it take to start seeing progress, and what worked best for them?
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100% she can become much more flexible! The thing with kids in that age range is that their bones are lengthening, but their muscles are not lengthening at the same rate, so they go from being flexible when they are little to inflexible during growth spurts.  She will absolutely benefit from stretching and the basic tumbling/ gymnastics classes.  Yes, she will be be behind the other kids who transitioned from gymnastics to cheer, but she should be able to catch up quickly when she starts to work on stretching.  [/quote]

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