Muddlethru
Proud Parent
To petition to go directly to regionals and by pass state because of an injury, does a gymnast need to get the minimum score of 35.00 at her own state or can she use an out of state meet? Below is a direct quote from our regional website.
"Photo copy of one pre-state; current sanctioned competition at the level the athlete is
petitioning – with a MINIMUM score of 35.00 AA."
The quote does not specifically indicate it as to be a state meet.
My daughter came home with a troubling story from one of the gymnast from her old team. This gymnast is one of my daughter's best friends. She told my daughter that if she and another teammate does not do well at the state meet, their head coach will ask the mother of another teammate, who happens to be a doctor, to write a verification of injury. Now, we were in this team for several years and the mothers are very helpful and they often give prescription whenever the coach asks. These parents are very close to the head coaches. The head coaches have even told me if I needed anything, these two mothers will gladly give a prescription. Of course writing a prescription and feigning an injury to gain unfair advantage are to different stories. in addition, this is a story that came from an 11 year old and told to another 11 year old. Something may have gotten lost in the translation both coming from the coach, the mother's gymnast perhaps or just misunderstood by the gymnast and maybe exaggerated by my daughter. Nonetheless, does this type scenario happen? Can gyms and gymnasts get away with stuff like this?
My daughter felt it was not fair. But then she said, "you know mom, if they did that, they really did not make it. Who would want to get to regionals that way?
"Photo copy of one pre-state; current sanctioned competition at the level the athlete is
petitioning – with a MINIMUM score of 35.00 AA."
The quote does not specifically indicate it as to be a state meet.
My daughter came home with a troubling story from one of the gymnast from her old team. This gymnast is one of my daughter's best friends. She told my daughter that if she and another teammate does not do well at the state meet, their head coach will ask the mother of another teammate, who happens to be a doctor, to write a verification of injury. Now, we were in this team for several years and the mothers are very helpful and they often give prescription whenever the coach asks. These parents are very close to the head coaches. The head coaches have even told me if I needed anything, these two mothers will gladly give a prescription. Of course writing a prescription and feigning an injury to gain unfair advantage are to different stories. in addition, this is a story that came from an 11 year old and told to another 11 year old. Something may have gotten lost in the translation both coming from the coach, the mother's gymnast perhaps or just misunderstood by the gymnast and maybe exaggerated by my daughter. Nonetheless, does this type scenario happen? Can gyms and gymnasts get away with stuff like this?
My daughter felt it was not fair. But then she said, "you know mom, if they did that, they really did not make it. Who would want to get to regionals that way?