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[quote=Anonymous]My 7 old daughter has long arms/legs, lightweight, skinny, small bone structure with good core. She can do monkey bar and climb up/down. Her gymnastic teacher hints to me that she is not a natural fit for gynmastic. Other girls can learn to do split and flips easily but she still can't do it. The teacher mentions that DD's body is not flexible , muscle is tight and bone is rigid something like that. I feel  boy disencouraged, but teacher says that she may  need to take at least 1-2 years lessons to be able to split and flip plus home stretching. I know that she wants to do ballet and dance even though she has the similar problems with her rigid movement. Should I bite the tongue to continue to sign her up with gymnastics for the next 1-2 years hoping to learn splits, bridge, arch, flips etc. even though she does not have natural body structure?

Personally, I don't think she is dance or gynmastic material. She is doing a lot better in other sports. She is doing quute well at basketball and rock climbing for her age. It is really mean for me to turn down her interests (gynmastic and ballet/dance, obsessed with their costume and perfirmance) at this age, even though she is the weakest in the group. She also senses that she can't do many movement and follow rhyme. [/quote]

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