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Approach Your Gymnastics
Coach
Avoid Creating Problems for the Gymnast
A major concern with parents and gymnasts often seems to be how to discuss
a problem with the coach without creating problems for the gymnast.
Gymnasts often are fearful that interference from their parents will lead
to retribution from the coach.
Problem Prevention is the Best
We advocate and attempt to training coaches to communicate with parents
in advance to avoid most common problems in the gym. Theoretically,
your gymnast’s coach provided a team handbook, holds preseason and regular
meetings with both the athletes and their parents, together and separately
and covers any possible problem situations.
Everyone on the Same Page
The coach should hopefully have discussed their coaching philosophy, goals,
methods and training system. This information should help you understand
why your gymnast's coaches are doing what they are doing. Sometimes, however,
issues or questions may arise during the year that you might feel have
to be addressed by the coach.
Don’t Try to Argue the Sport
It is rarely useful, possible or wise for parents to challenge coaches
on anything to do with the sport itself. Parents are not experts
in the sport. Hopefully, the coaches are. Realistically, parents
may not know if coaches really know what they are talking about because
coaches will certainly know more than the parents will.
Parents Are Experts With Their Own Child
This leaves the areas where parents are expert – that is the behavior and
feelings of their own child. Parents should definitely approach coaches
whenever they detect something in the behavior or attitude of their gymnast
occurs that interferes with their gymnast’s progress or continuance in
the sport that coaches are not aware of or the coaches may appear to be
mishandling.
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