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Gymnastics Poll

Q: What is the most important attribute for success in female gymnastics?

The most popular response for this poll was flexibility, though there still were plenty of those that thought other attributes were more important. See below for some other suggestions and comments from some voters. Of course you could never be a success in gymnastics with only one of these attributes. An elite athlete would have good skills in all areas.

Other Suggestions

• attitude / determination
• age
  
• core body strength / stability
  
• agility and balance / coordination
  
• elegance
  
• cardiovascular endurance
  
• depends on the area of gymnastics
  

Comments

• body size is important as you need to look fit for your sport wen you walk on floor, or judges deduct.
• in order to be flexible you must have strength and power.
• Strength and power are used to hold yourself up and to do somersaults and back flips
• Being a gymnast I think flexibility is the most important closely followed by strength and power
• you need to have flexibility to become a gymnast and then you will gain power and strength as well as speed to adapt to different moves etc.....
• they need flexibility to be able to do some of the moves they do with out being injured!
  

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