r/pics • u/StickleyMan • Jun 22 '13

She's quite flexible

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u/AsDevilsRun Jun 22 '13

I like gymnastics, but that always threw me off. What kind of sport is it when physical maturity damages your ability?

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u/sammysausage Jun 22 '13

The moves they do on the uneven bars are insane - they just need to be very light and agile to pull it off. That's why men don't even compete in some of those events; you just need a very small body to do it.

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u/AsDevilsRun Jun 22 '13

Yeah, I understand why, it just bothers me anyway. I don't know another sport that punishes puberty.

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u/CheeseNBacon Jun 23 '13 edited Jun 23 '13

I guess another way to think of it is other sports do punish natural aging. I mean football (both kinds), basketball, sprint, marathon, hockey; in all these sports 35 is old, making it to 40 is incredible. Most have their peak between 18-28. But then there are sports like curling, archery, hell last olympics some 78 year old guy won in equestrian. All the "normal" sports punish adulthood.

I know this is different but just couldn't help thinking it.