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And what is the majority of their time spent doing at the gym? I read (on here I think) that between the ages of 5-7 most of the training is conditioning and not apparatus work, is that true?

I'm new here and relatively new to gymnastics. My middle child is 5 and has been part of our gym's development programme for 2 months now, which is a smaller group of those identified as 'talented', and he now trains for 6.5 hours per week. My eldest son is almost 9 and he started gymnastics...

What body type would be preferred for being a tumbler and which for a base? I know that body type is not the only factor that is taken into consideration, but I overheard one of the coaches saying that although a boy wanted to do tumbling he believed that he had the perfect build for being a...