I am really, really sure that gymnastics is the right sport for me. I am very inspired by people like Gabby Douglas and Shawn Johnson. I am trying to convince my mom that I should take gymnastics but she is saying I am too old. I am eleven years old, but very flexible and very interested in gymnastics. How do I tell my mom that I think it is the right choice for me?

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Originally Posted by athenastar123

I am really, really sure that gymnastics is the right sport for me. I am very inspired by people like Gabby Douglas and Shawn Johnson. I am trying to convince my mom that I should take gymnastics but she is saying I am too old. I am eleven years old, but very flexible and very interested in gymnastics. How do I tell my mom that I think it is the right choice for me?

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You say, "Mom, I think gymnastics is the right choice for me."

She will either agree to pay for lessons or not. If she does the instructor will evaluate you and determine whether you can succeed or not.

No one is too old. Now are you too old to make it to a pro status, most girls never do that anyway. But if you were 20 and wanted to, always follow your dream

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Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck

No one is too old. now are you too old to make it to a pro status, most girls never do that anyway. But if you were 20 and wanted to, always follow your dream

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- right, I should have mentioned that there have to be thousands and thousands of gymnists who are not in the Olympics but enjoy the sport, are good - or simply enjoy the sport!

This is what I tell my kids all the time in Martial Arts, they come in and want to be "Bruce Lee" in a few weeks, or their parents want them to be doing flying kicks in a few months.
That you do a sport because you love it, few are ever in the Olympics or on TV movies. For Martial Arts, as the Olympics I assume, some is luck, and sometimes money.
One of our good friend, has a daughter same age as my son, now this little girl is great, but the right person, saw her at a tournament, called someone, who came to see her and guess what, she is going to be in a movie. Had she not went to that tournament, or that other person was not in that tournament that day or that friend was too busy to come to TN.
Nothing, Next for the Olympics, that is not just taking gymnastics, it is living it. Just like my martial arts. Those that live it, get up two hours early and practice before school, many get home schooled to have more practice time, they do almost nothing else. I have a few students, they are often waiting for me to open the doors, and I have to tell them to leave,