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- #21
Overall... gymnastics has historically done the wrong thing. Instead of taking the pros of each body type and emphasizing that... gymnastics has historically tried to change one body type into another. This is only partially possible and it is usually extremely unhealthy both physically and mentally... especially during the tween and teen years.
To add a bit more to this... gymnastics has also historically excluded certain bodies. Instead... we should be giving everyone a chance at the lower levels (which we are doing a much better job at now... still not perfect though). You never know what will happen as a child grows.