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The Benefits of Gymnastics For Kids



Why should I enroll my children in gymnastics? Here are 10 excellent ways boys and girls of all ages benefit from gymnastics from the USA Gymnastics’ Guide:

  • It’s fun
  • Develops strength
  • Develops flexibility 
  • Develops coordination
  • Teaches listening skills
  • Gains self-esteem and confidence
  • Provides social interaction with peers
  • Teaches goal setting
  • Develops cognitive abilities to help in the classroom
  • Develops skills to enhance other sports

Gymnastics is an amazing developmental sport that has a profound impact on a child’s whole well-being. It benefits your child physically, academically and socially. Gymnastics provides the proper athletic foundations for all sporting endeavors. It helps increase flexibility, strength, speed, agility, coordination and balance. Also being physically active in gymnastics may prevent obesity, some types of cancer, and helps blood pressure and bone density. Active children tend to grow up to become active and healthy teens and adults.

Gymnastics has many other benefits that may not be as obvious as the physical ones. It can help your child outside of the gym too! Since gymnastics is a developmental sport it builds skills through progression of steps. This helps improve your child’s concentration which can help them with problem solving, math and reading in school. Gymnastics requires children to not only use both side of their brain separately, but it also requires both sides to work at the same time together! This is very beneficial for your child.

Gymnastics also helps enhance children’s social skills. During a class children will observe, practice waiting their turn, follow directions, respect other and listen. All of these skills are very important for a child to practice to enhance their social skills. As a child achieves skills and is encouraged by their coach they increase their self esteem, gain a sense of control over their body’s movements which increases healthy self empowerment and body awareness.

Children of all ages can reap the benefits from gymnastics. Now is the time to enroll your child so they can experience all the benefits gymnastics has to offer. The best part of gymnastics is that your child will be having so much fun they won’t even realize how much they are learning in the process!