dani4
Proud Parent
I'm wondering if any of you parents are competitive athletes, and if you have found that it helps you be more supportive of your gymnast. My kids are too little to be competitive athletes yet (2 & 4 years old), but I hope that they will compete in something someday, perhaps something less time consuming than gymnastics .
My husband and I are rowers- DH currently is training & competitive, he is 50 years old and I think it's amazing how he gets faster with age. That is the great thing about rowing, age is not as much of a problem as in other sports. Though the elites are rarely older than mid-20s. I have not competed since having kids, but I plan to compete again someday. The current problem is that my 2 year old doesn't sleep through the night, and I just can't deal with rowing & working on less than 5 hours sleep. I do train at the gym though, and I'm hoping to get on the water in the next year or so.
I loved gymnastics as a kid, I self-taught a lot of tumbling but my parents would never take me to a gym. I think it was mostly an issue of convenience, but they also saw how tall I was and figured gymnastics was not the right sport for me (I am 5'10"). My parents are not athletes and didn't really understand what was involved or how to be supportive. They did a lot based on convenience. But I shouldn't complain- I got to swim competitively for a couple of years, until my team closed down and my mom refused to drive to the next-closest pool (only 20 minutes away from our house! but we were spoiled and lived in NYC where everything is close). I also got lots of tennis lessons, since that is the sport my parents play. Now that they are into golf they keep talking about taking my 4 year old to golf lessons, and I'm like that's ridiculous guys... I see how much it really is about them and what they like to do.
So anyway I'm determined to let my kids follow their passions, and be supportive and all that. Within reason of course- and I'm hoping that whatever they end up doing won't spell the end of my competitive rowing career. Because I'd like to be one of those super fast grey-haired ladies someday.
Can anyone relate?
My husband and I are rowers- DH currently is training & competitive, he is 50 years old and I think it's amazing how he gets faster with age. That is the great thing about rowing, age is not as much of a problem as in other sports. Though the elites are rarely older than mid-20s. I have not competed since having kids, but I plan to compete again someday. The current problem is that my 2 year old doesn't sleep through the night, and I just can't deal with rowing & working on less than 5 hours sleep. I do train at the gym though, and I'm hoping to get on the water in the next year or so.
I loved gymnastics as a kid, I self-taught a lot of tumbling but my parents would never take me to a gym. I think it was mostly an issue of convenience, but they also saw how tall I was and figured gymnastics was not the right sport for me (I am 5'10"). My parents are not athletes and didn't really understand what was involved or how to be supportive. They did a lot based on convenience. But I shouldn't complain- I got to swim competitively for a couple of years, until my team closed down and my mom refused to drive to the next-closest pool (only 20 minutes away from our house! but we were spoiled and lived in NYC where everything is close). I also got lots of tennis lessons, since that is the sport my parents play. Now that they are into golf they keep talking about taking my 4 year old to golf lessons, and I'm like that's ridiculous guys... I see how much it really is about them and what they like to do.
So anyway I'm determined to let my kids follow their passions, and be supportive and all that. Within reason of course- and I'm hoping that whatever they end up doing won't spell the end of my competitive rowing career. Because I'd like to be one of those super fast grey-haired ladies someday.
Can anyone relate?