What Gymnastics has taught me

 We all know that gymnastics is great, and we love it! We also know that it teaches lots of physical skills to all those involved. A gymnast who has discovered new movement patterns, pathways and more can leave the gym feeling like they have learnt something. But what about the more important stuff? The skills that will stay with you for the rest of your life? By that I don't mean can  you still put your foot on your head in 30 years time. All though that would be incredibly impressive.

I'm talking about those fantastic SKILLS FOR LIFE, that we pride ourselves on teaching.

The emotional and mental developmental skills our gymnasts might not even realize they are learning. Those skills!

I have asked a few of our amazing coaches to share what they have learnt through Gymnastics. So I thought I would share them with you also!

"Coaches, what is one thing you have learnt from being a part of gymnastics?"

Coach Saskia -  Resilience. I have learnt how to take my time. People might get a skill before me, and that's ok. You need to wait and keep trying. "You're on a different time schedule to everybody else (when it comes to skills)".

Coach Judy - "That I can do things if i set my mind to it!" 

Coach Toby - "How to adapt to different situations." Flexibility in all aspects of life. Emotional flexibility, physical and mental. Especially being flexible when it comes to time management. Being able to change things in the moment to be extra beneficial. 
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Coach Thomas - "How to fall with style!" Being able to get up from a fall both physically and metaphorically. 

Coach Kelesa - Discipline. Growing up in gymnastics taught me I had to be there for my teammates. I had to get up early on the weekends, and train really hard. I had people counting on me. "Coming from an Acro background I couldn't miss any training session because all my teammates would be there and it would be bad for them."

We all have things that we will take away from our gymnastics experience. They will become individual to us and only we will be able to have that particular experience. This is why sharing our knowledge and applying it to our coaching is vital for us. We really want to help our gymnasts along in their own personal journeys. Who know's what they might learn!?

Did you want to see more blog posts like this? Do YOU have any questions you would like to ask the coaches? Let me know in the comments and I will be sure to make a blog post about it in the future!

Signing off for now,
​Coach Maygan.