Hi!

I think it's great that you're thinking about doing gymnastics even
though you didn't start young. I wanted to take lessons my whole
life, but wasn't able to until I was 16. Of course I didn't get as
far as the girls who'd started in kindergarten, but I loved it
anyways. And as a guy I think you're lucky, cuz men seem able to do
gymnastics at a much older age than women. But anyways, the best
thing you could do is just look up the gymnastics schools in your
area, and give them a call to see if they teach boys, and whether
there are any age limits. I was lucky to find a school that had a
program for beginners 12 + up. If there aren't any schools you can
go to, you might even want to look into martial arts or something, a
lot of them teach tumbling too I think. And once you do get started,
don't let yourself get frustrated; since you said you're not very
competetive anyways, you should be able to just focus on enjoying the
sport and having fun. The farthest I ever made it in tumbling was
cartwheels and roundoffs, but I loved every minute!

Anyways, I hope this might have helped a little. Good luck, and let
us all know how things turn out! : )





-- In SuperE@yahoogroups.com, "ravenseeker" <monkeyblade75@m...> wrote:
>
>
> I am a big fan of male gymnastics and have wanted to get into it
since
> the 7th grade. I'm not a very competitive spirited person so I never
> tried to get on to my high schools team. I have a problem with
> starting though. I really want to do floor work, I think its the
> coolest thing ever (though ring and pommel horse are all good +
> parallel bars, the bars were my favorite in 7th grade) but I have no
> idea how and/or where to start. Are there Gymnastics studios that I
> have to pay to get into or something? I'm clueless. Somebody please
> help a new guy out! How do I get into this... the best sport man
kind
> has to offer?
>
> ravenseeker