Comment deleted by user 3 years ago More than 1 child. My sister is in the same team as me (she's 2 years younger than me) and better. I used to be able to do the splits, but i can not anymore! Quitting is very difficult for many people; there is always the fear of disappointment and regret. yes to all of the above. Quitting Gymnastics Leaves a Huge Void. I've been practicing everything, and stretching, everyday! I don't know if it's bad coaching or my team that seems to never improve, but I'm over it. I'd still have to drive around 30-40 minutes each way which is a lot for my family, but more workable than in the … I don’t want to go into depth about all the reasons gymnastics was the wrong sport for me and how it took my life in a very bad direction, but I do want to focus on what it means to make a change. He is goals. Sep 5, 2013 - Gymnastics is my sport and my life. I'm completely dreading our winter season coming up. Gymnastics has been such a big part of your life, you need to understand the void (the big hole in your life) that quitting will leave. I think life would have been different for me if I had extra opportunities to learn new skills, … I could cheer in college if I wanted to, but for some reason I've lost all interest. My knee is better now. I keep going back and forth about quitting gymnastics. I just told myself that I had to make it until July, because that's when 10 teammates, me, and my coach were going to Karolyi Camp for 2 weeks. Ok, this is going to be very long, so hang in there. I retired around four years ago, and I still keep up most of my skills and have even progressed some. But now, it's not as fun. That is, until the beginning of summer this year. The loss of purpose. I loved my boss, and even though I wouldn’t be reporting directly to her anymore, we’d still be working closely together. :( i can still do handstands,bridges,cartwheels, round oofs, and all of the jumps. If you do decide to quit, just know it's not like you can't do gymnastics forever. i love gymnastics!!!. Quitting Gymnastics Leaves a Huge Void Gymnastics has been such a big part of your life, you need to understand the void (the big hole in your life) that quitting will leave. I quit, and I regret quitting! So,, Last year i quit gymnastics, i only went for about 3 months. Once we started up our summer practices, I began to dread going to practice more and more. is it worth staring over again? There are many things that I enjoy about my kids being in gym (and many other things I won't miss at all!) I really aspire to stay fit for as long as possible and I really regret quitting gymnastics as a child. So I've considered quitting to get a job and do something useful. I was really flexible and pretty good. My mum regrets she let me train in competitive gymnastics and tells me I should quit. Tryouts for the gymnastics team I'm on are coming up soon in a week or so and so are fall tryouts for a new gym that is closer to where I live. I have been in gymnastics since i was 3 which is a LONG time. I regret quitting, i loved gymnastics and i still do but i had to quit because my knee was really bad and i was unable to do much. I've been involved in cheer since middle school & have cheered on varsity for 3 years in high school. level 2. I am 15 years old, a sophomore in high school, and a level 9 gymnastics. I'm completely dreading our winter season coming up. I haven't done anything since than, but I know how to do a good cartwheel, round-off, back bend, almost my splits, that's it :/ But, I'm starting again in like a month, February 2nd. I've been involved in cheer since middle school & have cheered on varsity for 3 years in high school. Gymnastics is a huge part of our lives now with two kids doing 20hrs+ of gym a week. While I will of course support them when they decide to call it quits, I am pretty darn sure that I will also be sad that the gymnastics chapter of their/our lives is over. I have always loved it and have had sooooo many good memories and meets and fun times at the gym and i have met my best friends through gymnastics.