Anon Saluting & thanking coaches?

[Anonymous (e848)]

I’m curious, has anyone seen ritual saluting and thanking The coach at a gym west of The Rocky Mountains? It sounds very southern to me.

yep my gym in california does!

 

[Anonymous (739f)]

Only the compulsories at our gym do this.

 

[Anonymous (e6fd)]

Yes our gym does this for the optionals team, not sure about other teams since I'm not there at the end of practice.

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

I had no idea this was such a widespread practice; I've never seen it before, and I've coached at five different gyms in three different states.

 

[Anonymous (00d1)]

Same...I didn't know this was widespread either. Is this a holdover from an imported/foreign born coaching style? It reminds me of a government-sponsored sports program where you are chosen to be an athlete (not so much the high fives but the actual thanking of the coaches).

 

[Anonymous (5dde)]

Do your gyms require height order line up and saluting to your coaches before every event and then doing the same after the event but also thanking them in unison? Just curious because it’s always bern a thing at my gym but some new girls were confused.

 

[Anonymous (5dde)]

Back in the 70’s I trained at an elite training gym. We had to bow to the equipment before we started our routine and bow to the equipment when we were done. I was told that this was a Japanese custom of some support to show respect. We thought it was weird but there were many weird things that went on in that gym!

 

[Anonymous (b430)]

Japanese gymnasts always bow before and after their performances, and they say something like "Hai" (or so, I've never been able to understand it well).
Now that I've read it carefully, before the event I sometimes line them up to explain the structure of the work out maybe give some kind of thing to pay special attention that day.
Aside from that the line up and clap is just at the end of the practice. And no thank you thing.