My daughter competes in the YMCA league. All of the events are "girls" events. There is a boy on her team. Do you think he has an advantage over the girls?
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come on, the boy is competing on beam? are they 4 year olds?? geesh...
He is 9 yrs old and level 4. He went to regionals and was the only boy so he took 1st place in each event. I am not saying that he isn't good because he is. My husband thinks it is very unfair and that he has an advantage over the girls because of his strength. I am not sure if the strength advantage outweighs the flexibilty disadvantage.
When my DD was 6 years old she competed in a meet that had 6-15 year olds in it. She, the 6 year old, came 1st AA and 1st on floor and beam. Some in the audience thought it wasn't fiar that she was competing against such older kids, until they saw the results, then they said it wasn't fair that older kids had to compete against such a cute little girl.
She was the best at that meet. That is all it means. The boy was judged better on that day. Meets are like that, Ireally wouldn't think too much about one meet.
Perhaps there was no league for the boy and it was the best fit for him
Gymnastics, the marathon not the sprint, means that parents will see their kid come 1st, last and everything in between.
We are in Maine. There is a boys program about a half our away from our gym. I never really thought about an advantage/disadvantage until mu husband brought it up. I was just wondering what everyone else thought about it.
We are in Maine. There is a boys program about a half our away from our gym. I never really thought about an advantage/disadvantage until mu husband brought it up. I was just wondering what everyone else thought about it.