3 Ways Gymnastics Can Create a Winning Routine for Your Writing Practice

… And 3 gymnastic-adjacent skills we all benefit from

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Last year, I spent several Saturdays attending my daughter’s gymnastics competitions.

We always take a punt about whether we’ll get stuck in Saturday traffic on the way there — we mostly do.

We gamble on the quality of the venue’s coffee — it’s not always that great.

And we hope for a swift program of events — they can be sloooooooooooow.

So, these days can be a real grind — something the venues’ coffee beans could surely benefit more from.

To ensure competition days go well, I’ve noticed that gymnasts’ parents have developed many gymnastic-adjacent skills such as…

• Huge muscles of willpower to withstand the venue’s junk food menu — ahh, the taunting scents of popcorn and hot chips.
• Incredible flexibility manoeuvring the big ol’ family car in and out of the tiniest car spaces — and the eagle eye to spot one during car carnage at competition changeover times.
• Dextrously balancing conversations with other parents, while addressing email admin (inbox zero, here we come!) and sipping a hot cuppa from the flask brought along in case the…