My take on the New Age Limit...
December is usually one of the busiest months for me at work so I am anticipating that I will not be able to post as much in the next couple of weeks. But I do want to weigh in on the discussion about the international age limit.
Bruno Grandi, president of the international gymnastics governing [...]
Author: nance
Category: Gymnastics Gymnastics Ramblings
Publish Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:09:35 +0000
December is usually one of the busiest months for me at
work so I am anticipating that I will not be able to post as much in the next couple of weeks. But I do want to weigh in on the discussion about the international age limit.
Bruno Grandi, president of the international gymnastics governing body (FIG), has been quoted as saying that he would like to raise the minimum age limit once again for international competition. In 1997, the age limit was raised from 15 to 16. Grandi has said in the past that he thinks the age limit should be 18 and just recently announced that he believes there should be
no international competitions for juniors whatsoever.
There are many things to consider with regard to age limit but by and large, I am tempted to agree with Grandi - though not entirely.
Here are a few of my thoughts on the subject...
- Making the age limit higher will encourage athletes to stay in the sport longer. Athletes, especially on the women's side, will see that it's not necessary to stop the sport at 18. Gymnasts like Chusovitina, Khorkina, Bhardwaj, & Hatch have made it abundantly clear and I believe the FIG should encourage that. With Rick over at Gymnastics Coaching slowing changing my mind about event specialists, I believe that the rise of the event specialist will also encourage longevity in the sport.
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