Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Parenting

For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.

Flip

Original poster

Gymnastics for Boys

10 replies

auntysocial · 07/08/2007 22:13

I have a 6 year old son who is as much a "lad" as they come, he's always up in tree's, if there is a drain pipe he'll be half way up it, if there's a fence it will be climbed, he loves to jump off his high sleeper bed and grip the top of his bedroom door and hang there before jumping off...he can scale a wall that is almost the same size as him soldier style, he's thin, agile and fast...so despite the "Girly stigma" I thought Gymnastics would be absolutely ideal for him, I think he would be great at it!

Does anyone's sons do it and how much do classes normally cost?

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

ejt1764 · 07/08/2007 22:21

My ds has been going to a gymnastics class since he turned 3 - he's now nearly 5 - he absolutely loves it - I took him for much the same reasons as you - he was doing forward rolls all over the place, and was doing headstands up the back of the sofa - so I took him so that somebody could teach him how to do it properly!

Yes, there are more girls in his class - but he dpesn't mind - at that age, they do all the same pieces of apparatus anyway.

DS goes to our local gym club, but the leisure centre also run sessions.

British Gymnastics have a find a club search facility.

I pay £12 per half term for ds to go for an hour session once a week.

FrannyandZooey · 07/08/2007 22:26

Hi aunty - I am just considering starting my son at gymnastics, mostly because it is easy to get to and I can go to the gym while he has his class It will cost around £4 per week for an hour and a quarter if we do sign up. I don't know about the older class, but we have used to go to a parent and toddler drop in, and it was about equal girls and boys.

Aero · 07/08/2007 22:28

Yes, my ds1 and dd both do gymnastics. Admittedly it was meant to be for dd, but ds1 decided he'd rather join in than spend and hour waiting for her, so I agreed. They've enjoyed it and gained several badges between them. We go to the local leisure centre and it costs around £3.50 a session. It's recreational rather than serious competitive stuff, but good fun and great exercise.

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

General parenting General sports

littleredhen · 07/08/2007 22:31

I investigated our local one for my 6 yo dd but the literature they sent seemed so stern and kind of horrible I thought she'd hate it!

but it did say the classes were for boys and girls

WinkyWinkola · 07/08/2007 22:39

I fully intend to send my son to gymnastics class once he's 3. I think it's brilliant for balance, strength and co-ordination. It's £54 per term which is roughly £4.50 per class which is 60 mins long.

PS He can stop any time he wants to.

Reallytired · 07/08/2007 23:06

My son goes to gymnastics. It costs about £78 a term and on top of that you have to pay £20 to join th British Gymnastics association. The £20 covers the cost of insurance and you get a magerzine.

A lot of gym clubs run summer sessions. Our club charges £5 for one summer session of an one half and hour. Its worth trying it before forking out for the cost of insurance.

My son's club has seperate boy and girl classes which helps to avoid the "girly stigma". My son also has a male coach who is brilliant.

dinny · 08/08/2007 09:25

dd wants to start gymnastics but we have so many after-school things am not sure...

do they do gymnastics in school as part of the curriculum?

christywhisty · 08/08/2007 09:36

There are boys at my daughters old gymnastic club. There are 2 clubs close to us and both of them have long waiting lists, not sure if this is normal.

WestCountryLass · 08/08/2007 17:51

My DS goes to an hours session once a week after school, he is nearly 6. It costs me £5 and they do all sorts of stuff and a few boys go.

Nat1H · 09/08/2007 22:26

My DS1 (7) is exaclty the same!! I wouldn't worry about gymnastics being 'girly' at all. DS1 goes to ballet, tap and modern dance classes (all instgated by him) and he loves it. He has had the mickey taken out of him at school, but he loves dancing and isn't bothered by this at all. I would take your son to gymnastics - it might stop him hanging off his bedroom door for a while!!

Flip