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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's just 6.  Let her try it.  If she ever gets to the point where you need to have a conversation about whether she should continue on a competition track, you can have that conversation then.

My 11 year old recently took up diving.  A lot of the kids are crossover athletes from gymnastics.  The body awareness and moves that it helps kids develop, give them a huge advantage, and those kids make progress incredibly quickly.  [/quote]

[b]This.  Gymnastics is a great base for many sports, and it is excellent for athletic development in general.  If she is tall, she is not going to be highly competitive at it any way.  [/b]And it would be a few years before the issues you are concerned with present themselves.

I understand the concern.  It’s the reason I wouldn’t want my son to do wrestling even though he is ideally suited for it.  (Fortunately, he hasn’t expressed interest to date.)  But a few years of gymnastics classes are fundamental (just like play wrestling).  And, of course, you can avoid gymnastics and still get the eating disorder….[/quote]

+1000 
Really it is terrific physical conditioning, but it is tougher for the taller kids so there's little risk that she'll be pushed toward an intensive/highly competitive path.[/quote]

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