"I Can Do Things That Ordinary Boys Can't!!" (2026/196)

"I love gymnastics because I can do things that ordinary boys can't!" Recently, a lad who had just mastered swing to handstand on the parallel bars said that to me.

I think that sums up gymnastics: build not only self confidence and pride, but muscle, strength, flexibility and endurance more successfully than in most other sports - training the body with a purpose. 

So, another salute to the 'men's artistic' branch of gymnastics today, with both performance and training on show. And the younger they start, the better!