Parents Another round of "Your kid might be a gymnast IF..."

[rosiekat]

...he goes to baseball camp and knows nothing about baseball, but wins every single strength, conditioning, and agility contest. They finally called him off planks at 7:00 minutes since that blew the existing camp record away!

I'd love to hear your stories!

 

[NY Dad]

7 minutes? Wow!

 

[MuggleMom]

The PE teacher has you teach the other kids on "gymnastics day"

 

[John]

You are faster than all the boys and girls in the fourth grade.

 

[raenndrops]

...They are always looking for floor music and creating floor routines.
....They go to the playground and do L hangs on the bar.
... They get a kick out of doing ROBLO or ROBT off the diving board.
... They get special permission to ride a zipline they don't meet the weight requirement after demonstrating a 3 minute L-hang.

 

[e'smum]

they do kips on the playground bars
like to throw a standing back tuck in the middle of a crowded grassy area/beach/ect and walk away to the oohs and aahhs
is 10 and has a 6 pack

 

[4schnoodle]

They are always late or "can't" because they have practice - and they wouldn't want it any other way.

They proudly show off a beam bite to anyone who will look.

They are more excited to get a new skill than to get a first place ribbon.

 

[notthatmom]

People you know see you in public with just your non-gymmie kid and they immediately ask "is she at gymnastics?"

 

[Mrs. Puma]

...when they're doing handstands at the airport and you just let it go because a 4 hour flight with a squirrely gymnast is going to be hell and the more energy they get out the better....

 

[rosiekat]

People you know see you in public with just your non-gymmie kid and they immediately ask "is she at gymnastics?"

...and the answer is probably yes!

 

[rosiekat]

...when they're doing handstands at the airport and you just let it go because a 4 hour flight with a squirrely gymnast is going to be hell and the more energy they get out the better....

We used to make him do 1-handed pushups in the airport when he was 5. I halfway considered putting a hat out to collect tips! People's reactions were so funny, but he loved doing it - he had just conquered the 1-handed ones at the time, so he was more than happy to keep doing them! I totally agree - any energy they can burn off ahead of time, the better!

 

[John]

they do kips on the playground bars
like to throw a standing back tuck in the middle of a crowded grassy area/beach/ect and walk away to the oohs and aahhs
is 10 and has a 6 pack

Ahhh yes beach gymnastics and cheering beach goers. Brings a tear to the eye.

 

[duyetanh]

Your kid tries golf for the summer and drives it almost 90 yds, and is asked to join the junior golf team.
Go core strength!

 

[Seeker]

At 4th grade field day, the competition was boys vs girls. The boys yelled "No fair! They've got Jane!"*

*name changed to protect the innocent

The girls won by A LOT that day!

 

[duyetanh]

...you have an entire dollar store large plastic tub in the back of your car that is totally devoted to hair stuff for gym, for crying out loud.

 

[Dahlia]

Your dd out eats her older brothers, combined!

 

[z2akids]

- she is as proud to show off her rips as she is to show her nail polish.
- the gym teacher puts a halt to her push ups, chin ups planks, etc when she breaks the records she set the year before.

 

[GymMom4]

When the elementary school has to change playground rules because other kids get hurt trying the things your child was doing on the bars.

True story.

 

[Nikki4]

Every time you go to target you have to stop outside while your kid does a press handstand on the red ball

 

[LGnyc]

You send your three year old to a bubbles and parachutes play class and after two weeks, the owner calls you up to see if she'd be willing to come a second day where the teachers were former gymnasts so she could get "real" training. We said no, but that fall, decided that maybe she should do gymnastics for real.