Gymnasts are among the strongest, pound for pound, of all the Olympic athletes.

Gymnasts are among the most flexible and strongest of all athletes.

Gymnasts are very good at both static and dynamic balance.

Gymnasts learn early to fall without injuring themselves.

Gymnastics is a reasonably safe sport.

Gymnasts tend to do very well in school.

Gymnastics shares with other sports the opportunity to learn about teamwork, sportsmanship, fair play, dedication, patience, dedication, perseverance, and planning.

Gymnastics helps people learn to work hard for objectives that can take years to achieve.

Drug abuse in gymnastics, while not unknown, is extremely limited.
"Not only do the gymnast acquire the ability to focus on an activity while blocking out what's going on around them, valuable time-management skills will be learned that will carried over into all activities and school.
Focusing and time-management are the two main advantages I give parents for the sport. This is over and above the self-satisfaction, self-esteem, team building abilities, and other obvious reasons."