Should I let DD do gymnastics?

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DD who is 7 has had her name down for gymnastics for over a year and at last a place has come up on a Saturday m,orning (they also do sessions on Tuesday and Thursday night). Trouble is she does drama on a Saturday morning. We have been to gym for acouple of wweeks and she says she likes it. But she is just not very sporty.She is small and slender and graceful but she is not terribly co -ordinated and not very strong (she can hardly do a handstand ) and can't do a proper cartwheel.Wheras she has I think a natural aptitude for drama and it is something she could really shine at
I suppose she could do both by waiting for a weekday gym session to come up but she already stays to a club after school 4 night a week plus Brownies + music lesson and practice.

Also she has already strained her wrists doing spending 1.5 hours on Saturday doing crabs and handstands ! I do have concerns about how gymnastics could affect her joints

My DD showed an aptitude for both gym and dance, but both parties said they were not compatible, so we had to choose between them. And yes ... I think both disciplines can damage their joints ... a concern for me too.

How are you making your decision? Do you want your DD to become stronger and more co-ordinated, in which case you might choose gym, or do you want her to do something she is good at, in which case maybe the drama?

my six year old LOVES her gym classes.
She will be going again in a weeks time - now she has had the cast off her broken wrist

Funny in the circs but true.
She loves it

I'd say gymnastics without a doubt.

She enjoys it and she's not co-ordinated so something like gymastics will build her confidence, strength and abilities and be far better for her all-round development.

I would also suggest that 4 after-school clubs plus Brownies plus music is just a leetle bit OTT don't you think? She also needs to relax and be bored and develop her imagination IMO

Going off at a tangent here, but did she strain her wrists at the gymnastics club? If so, I would be a bit concerned about whether the club is helping them warm up properly and do the exercises safely. (DD1 does gymnastics and has never hurt anything doing it.)

Apart from that, at this age I'd let her choose what she wants to do with her Saturdays. There's plenty of time to develop the drama if she decides she wants to have a go at gym. And I certainly wouldn't add an extra commitment to the schedule she's already got - that's a lot of clubs.

Thanks very much for your comments .I will go with what she wants which is tbe gymnastics.
WRT to the school run after school clubs they run immediately after school and are over and done with by 4.15 so we are home by 4.25 and TBH it helps me alot by not having to break my neck getting back from work by 3.30