Gymnastics can effect your whole life... positives

Gymnastics has taught me a lot over the years and has made me who I am today. It has given me an amazing talent that can be used for many years to come and has also given me a lot of skills and qualities that I can use in future life.

Gymnastics teaches you how to discipline yourself and helps with team building and socialising. Personally I feel that once you are in the gymnastic world, you become a better person due to having to learn and listen to others to improve at your sport. If you don't listen to others (coaches/peers) then you will probably perform a move wrong which could in turn lead to injury.

In the world of elite gymnastics you compete against many clubs throughout the country and if your lucky enough, against countries across the world. Here you interact with people that you may not have met before and you can see how others train/perform. This helps you to try out different strategies of training and also in turn helps to support other teams that you are up against. Occasionally, if there are higher elite gymnasts that perform more difficult moves/routines than you, then you can have something to aim for when you go back to training, helping you to push yourself harder and further than before.

There are many skills involved within the sport that help to continue on to various career paths/jobs.