Gymnastics involves one huge thing fear! If you want to understand this sport you must understand this aspect and why it is always present. This is one sport were there is real danger involved. We train are gymnast to do skills, land skills, and fall during those skills safely. Yet, accidents still happen.
So why would a parent want their child to be a gymnast? This sport build life skills. To be able to mental commit to something so difficult and stick with it. Practicing long hours giving up time with friends and other activities. Being able to be a team mate in practice but stand alone in front of the judges. Performing in front of hundreds or thousands of people is life changing. You will walk away a better person. Who can communicate as an adult and understand not only their body but their mind.
As a gymnasts gets older they understand the danger involved. As they progress so does the difficulty. Read this article that will go more in depth, this will give you a better understanding of fears in gymnastics. https://www.competitivedge.com/overcoming-performance-fears-and-blocks-gymnastics-0.
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