Anon Troubles and ease

[Anonymous (2fbf)]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could share some thing in gymnastics that is troubling (skill progressions, strength, cost, bulling, stress) and things that make life easier (self love, determination, making friends, being a part of a community). Outside of gym and in. I would appreciate the parents and athletes of MAG to share their input, but also WAG and T&T.

 

[Anonymous (94e6)]

Kinda hard to answer because ALL of those things are both troubles and eases, sometimes even at the same time. Life is just kinda like that.

 

[Anonymous (b0d0)]

From what we've see - the things that ease: truly trusting coaches and enjoying teammates as friends, having natural talent/no fear, being willing to stretch and consider conditioning at home, learning to deal with disappointment and defeat without wanting to quit, working really hard at practice literally every single practice. Things that are troubling: PUBERTY (no control over that!), having to give up other things outside of the gym.