gymnast2026
Gymnast
- Aug 15, 2017
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About 6 months ago my group had received a new coach. Since then the parents and athletes have raised many concerns about this coach. Some of the main concerns were:
- Favoritism toward the higher level athletes
- Yelling and screaming at athletes if they fall or are scared of something
- Using conditioning as a punishment
- Ignoring athletes if they have done something wrong
- Inappropriate clothing while coaching (Crop Tops, see-through)
- Drastically increasing numbers and sets (From 5 of each tumbling line to 30 of each tumbling line, from 3 sets to 5 sets for everything in conditioning)
- Kicking athletes out of the gym for minor things such as stopping during cardio or taking a water break
- Showing up late for practices (from 5 - 60 minutes late)
- Telling athletes that they would not be accepted at other gyms because of their work ethic or their age is too old for their level
We have repeatedly had meetings with the head coach and with this coach in hope that something would change, but all of these meetings have resulted in short lived fixes but then she returns back to her old ways. Our group originally started with 11 people. The coaching has resulted in three people quitting, three people taking an extended period of time off due to overuse injuries (back, knees, fibula, ankles) and two moving to new gyms. My questions are:
- Is this normal?
- When is it to much?
- What would you do in this situation?
- Favoritism toward the higher level athletes
- Yelling and screaming at athletes if they fall or are scared of something
- Using conditioning as a punishment
- Ignoring athletes if they have done something wrong
- Inappropriate clothing while coaching (Crop Tops, see-through)
- Drastically increasing numbers and sets (From 5 of each tumbling line to 30 of each tumbling line, from 3 sets to 5 sets for everything in conditioning)
- Kicking athletes out of the gym for minor things such as stopping during cardio or taking a water break
- Showing up late for practices (from 5 - 60 minutes late)
- Telling athletes that they would not be accepted at other gyms because of their work ethic or their age is too old for their level
We have repeatedly had meetings with the head coach and with this coach in hope that something would change, but all of these meetings have resulted in short lived fixes but then she returns back to her old ways. Our group originally started with 11 people. The coaching has resulted in three people quitting, three people taking an extended period of time off due to overuse injuries (back, knees, fibula, ankles) and two moving to new gyms. My questions are:
- Is this normal?
- When is it to much?
- What would you do in this situation?