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<blockquote data-quote="Ephchap" data-source="post: 184578" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>What some don't realize is that younger gymnasts actually have an advantage. Without hips, height, weight and curves, it's easier to tumble and swing around the bars.</p><p></p><p>The biggest advantage, however, is that their young bodies haven't taken the years of pounding the older girls have. As Bella pointed out, a body only has so much pounding, and so many years of repetitious training. Many girls start having trouble around age 18 or so because their bodies are too beaten down from all the pounding gymnastics requires. At 13 years of age, the girls are also much more fearless. </p><p></p><p>It's an advantage to field a team of 13 year old girls for gymnastics which is very different than other sports. I don't understand why they can't officially document these girls ages with all the modern technology we have now. It would seem they could look up when the girls were just entering the arenas as competitors, and add the number of years since. In some cases, the girls were only 10, and if only 4 years have passed since they entered a competition at age 10, then obviously they are only 14, no matter what their "passport" says. It just doesn't make sense to me that no one has their true ages. </p><p></p><p>Woohooo. Our township's local swimmer won a bronze medal for the 200 meter freestyle relay! Congrats to Schmitt and the other team members!</p><p></p><p>Deb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ephchap, post: 184578, member: 27"] What some don't realize is that younger gymnasts actually have an advantage. Without hips, height, weight and curves, it's easier to tumble and swing around the bars. The biggest advantage, however, is that their young bodies haven't taken the years of pounding the older girls have. As Bella pointed out, a body only has so much pounding, and so many years of repetitious training. Many girls start having trouble around age 18 or so because their bodies are too beaten down from all the pounding gymnastics requires. At 13 years of age, the girls are also much more fearless. It's an advantage to field a team of 13 year old girls for gymnastics which is very different than other sports. I don't understand why they can't officially document these girls ages with all the modern technology we have now. It would seem they could look up when the girls were just entering the arenas as competitors, and add the number of years since. In some cases, the girls were only 10, and if only 4 years have passed since they entered a competition at age 10, then obviously they are only 14, no matter what their "passport" says. It just doesn't make sense to me that no one has their true ages. Woohooo. Our township's local swimmer won a bronze medal for the 200 meter freestyle relay! Congrats to Schmitt and the other team members! Deb [/QUOTE]
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