Never done but wanna try

[Princess_98]

Hi im 14 years old and in high school and im a girl. I live in kingsland georgia and i was wondering what skills i need to tryout.i hav never done gymnastics nd i want to learn. send vids on how to do splits, and other stuff. plz help i really want to be a gymnast

P.S.
Extremely Difficult Tumbling Passes Performed by American Gymnasts - YouTube
thought this would be a cool link

 

[txgymfan]

Go to a gym and ask about rec classes for teens. It is a great way to get in shape and have fun. This is not a sport you can learn on your own. Also, it is very unlikey you will achieve extremely difficult skills. Gymnasts at the elite level train for a minimum of ten years and very few accomplish the highest level skills.

 

[bogwoppit]

If you want to be a gymnast you need to join a gym. Start with a recreational class and go from there.

 

[sleeplessinnewyork]

Hi! There are 3 things you can do to achieve your goal.

1)Stretch! Increasing your flexibility it will make skills easier and put in in an advantage. Stretch splits, bridges, pancake, pike and shoulders. For splits, lunges are helpful. You can do this at home

2)CONDITION! Get stronger! practice pushups, sit ups, Vups, lunges, squatsholow and arch body hold. This will also make skills easier in the future, especially on bars. you can condition at home

3)Join a class. In the beginning, you will probably end up in a 1 hour-1.5 hour rec class once a week or so. Learn there!

lastly: DO NOT TRY HARD SKILLS AT HOME!!! if you have never done gymnastics before, do not find tutorials for flips on youtube and try them!!! you will get hurt and you will get bad habits! sorry that was really intense, but a few of my friends tried this and broken bones appeared

 

[iwannacoach]

Get into a gym class to get started. If you want to be a gymnast you'll want to do as much as you can each day to make it easier to learn the skills presented in class. I'll give you a short list of what you can do on your own. If you work from the list each day, and look forward to that work because it will make it easier to learn, you'll surprise people with what you can learn.

Flexibility........work on the stretching exercises that come at the beginning of each class. Spend at least 20 minutes on them each day that you choose to do them, and try to do them at least 3 days each week. Flexibility takes time, so give yourself about a month before expecting a noticeable improvement.

Strength........Pretty much the advice is to approach it the same way I've described flexibility, but if you're really working a muscle hard on Monday you should rest it on Tuesday.....so no back to back strength days on the same muscle.

Nutrition.......Build up some enthusiasm for heathy foods by reading up about nutrition. and putting what you've read to use. Keep things moderate.....no extreme diets that pack tons of protien in favor of carbs or fat. Your body has a sensible use for a moderate numer of calories from each of those 3 categories. You can adjust to increase your protien, but not by more than a tuna sandwich replacing a serving of ice cream or potato chips.....

Sleep...........get at least 9 hours of sleep each night.

Do these things as much as you enjoy doing them. If you feel good about doing them just because you want to be healthier, that's great, as is enjoying them because they'll give you a better time at gym about 3 months down the road......and it will take about that amount of time to build your body up, so be patient.

Skills at home are a big no-no. Let your coaches work with you on the skills, but it's fine if they want you to work on something basic at home that doesn't involve flight or losing your ability to know where your body's going.