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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Why is it Sidd's point? I am so frequently slighted.
the Hamm's started gymnastics at 6. you cannot do the stuff they did last night w/o training forever.
The gymnastics/skating fever probably hits far more girls than boys. That is, there are alot of girls I've known who wanted to be a gymnist or skater and practiced every day. None made it.
There are far fewer boys caught up in it, and perhaps this is the point Atticus should have made. If you consider the harm of losing your childhood to practice for the chance of being in the Olympics, the harm occurs to far more girls than boys. However, every young man you saw last night lost a good chunk of his childhood to the sport.
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Buddy of mine from college started gymnastics at age 8, went on to captain an NCAA Division I Championship team. Definitely consumed much of his life through college, when he retired from it. As for physical effects, we can never be sure if he went into gymnastics because he was short or whether the training affected his growth. He was like 5'4", but he was VERY strong.
