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nevertooold
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If your team is competing in USA Gymnastics sanctioned events then your athletes and parents will have previously signed and will sign again this year an athlete membership form which you or another representative at you gym will also sign.
Here is what the form states in part:
In consideration of my membership in the United States Gymnastics Federation (USA Gymnastics), and my participation in USA Gymnastics sanctioned events, I agree to be bound by each of the following:
1. Readiness to Compete: I will only participate in those USA Gymnastics competitions for which I believe I am physically and psychologically prepared to compete. Prior to participation in USA Gymnastics events, I will have practiced my exercises, and will perform only those exercises which I have accomplished to the degree of confidence necessary to assure I can perform them by myself, without injury.
That is in the section that the athlete signs off on.
Then the section where the gym rep signs it says:
Club Representative Signature — I have checked this form and verify that all sections have been successfully completed and to the best of my knowledge are correct. I understand that failure to complete any section will result in delayed processing of this form. I have a copy, or original (if processed online), of this form on file at my club.
So if in fact you compete sanctioned meets I would simply present the form to the parents and gymnast and say, "please tell me if you feel it would be honest for you to sign this form stating that you have practiced all your exercises and can perform them BY YOURSELF without injury, when in fact you cannot do your robhsbt by yourself much less at the end of a very tiring routine. Or are you in fact asking me to also lie by stating that I believe everything on this form to be true and accurate when in fact I do not."
I would probably keep going with something like this. "I am truly sorry that you feel you are ready to compete Level 6. I really do not understand how this miscommunication has come about, and I apologize if I misled you to believe that you were ready to compete Level 6. You are not. I'm glad that you want to, and I'm excited to keep working those skills with you. You will get there, but you are not there now, and wanting it doesn't make it so. Only working hard, coming to practice regularly, doing all your conditioning and training will make it so. I know that it is not what you want to hear. It doesn't mean I don't like you, that you aren't a good gymnast, that I don't believe in you, or anything else, it just means you aren't ready YET."
You may have to just let her not compete this year since you don't really have a policy against it. It would be better to change policy at the end of the season so parents/gymnasts will know what to expect if they choose to continue on team the following year.
Here is what the form states in part:
In consideration of my membership in the United States Gymnastics Federation (USA Gymnastics), and my participation in USA Gymnastics sanctioned events, I agree to be bound by each of the following:
1. Readiness to Compete: I will only participate in those USA Gymnastics competitions for which I believe I am physically and psychologically prepared to compete. Prior to participation in USA Gymnastics events, I will have practiced my exercises, and will perform only those exercises which I have accomplished to the degree of confidence necessary to assure I can perform them by myself, without injury.
That is in the section that the athlete signs off on.
Then the section where the gym rep signs it says:
Club Representative Signature — I have checked this form and verify that all sections have been successfully completed and to the best of my knowledge are correct. I understand that failure to complete any section will result in delayed processing of this form. I have a copy, or original (if processed online), of this form on file at my club.
So if in fact you compete sanctioned meets I would simply present the form to the parents and gymnast and say, "please tell me if you feel it would be honest for you to sign this form stating that you have practiced all your exercises and can perform them BY YOURSELF without injury, when in fact you cannot do your robhsbt by yourself much less at the end of a very tiring routine. Or are you in fact asking me to also lie by stating that I believe everything on this form to be true and accurate when in fact I do not."
I would probably keep going with something like this. "I am truly sorry that you feel you are ready to compete Level 6. I really do not understand how this miscommunication has come about, and I apologize if I misled you to believe that you were ready to compete Level 6. You are not. I'm glad that you want to, and I'm excited to keep working those skills with you. You will get there, but you are not there now, and wanting it doesn't make it so. Only working hard, coming to practice regularly, doing all your conditioning and training will make it so. I know that it is not what you want to hear. It doesn't mean I don't like you, that you aren't a good gymnast, that I don't believe in you, or anything else, it just means you aren't ready YET."
You may have to just let her not compete this year since you don't really have a policy against it. It would be better to change policy at the end of the season so parents/gymnasts will know what to expect if they choose to continue on team the following year.