Canadian coach Katrina on her new blog Inside the World of Gymnastics posted a reality check for all those young girls who want to be the next Nastia Liukin.
9 years of age: 18 hours per week
10 years of age: 20 hours per week
11-12 years of age: 22 hours per week
13-14 years of age: 25-28 hours per week
15-17 years of age: 30-36 hours per week
OK … those hours are near maximum for gymnasts in the free world. (Shawn Johnson did fewer, for example.)
But if you plan to win an Olympic medal on Beam, best compare your performance with Nastia’s at age-12.
Click PLAY or watch her at the 2001 WOGA classic on YouTube.
read the entire post – Inside the World of Gymnastics – How do You Stack Up?
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It was either at congress or through my friend i saw a chart that sort of showed how many hours it took roughly to get to optionals, L10/Div1 college, elite, or college.
depending on where the athlete started it could show how many hours a week they needed to do to hit a certain mark by a certain age. very cool stuff. this reminds me of it a lot.
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