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[quote=Anonymous]I was a gymnast for many years, competed through college, and I taught kids gymnastics as well. I have no natural ability (honestly, less than any other gymnast I ever met) but stuck with it a long time for love of the sport.

This is going to depend a LOT on his natural abilities, but no matter how many classes a week you take, it's going to be years until he can do a back handspring. I would say a boy starting at age 6 is likely to start working on back handsprings after about a year, and it's likely another year or two until he can do one by himself. If he has a lot of natural ability, he could feasibly be doing one in a year, but that's unlikely. If he's working uphill without any natural ability (like I was), it could be a lot longer. But I'd say you should prep him for the fact that this is 2 years of work.

The other thing is that floor exercise is just one of six events in mens gymnastics, and even floor involves a lot more skills than this. He's going to need to start with forward and backward rolls, handstands, cartwheels, roundoffs, extension rolls, etc. He's going to be working on the rings and the bars. It may not be what he's expecting. I would highly recommend starting him with one class a week. That's pretty standard. If he is liking it, I'd move to 2x a week after a year (maybe 6 months if he's really into it).[/quote]

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