- May 15, 2019
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My heart aches for your family.
For anyone that isn't familiar with her back story, @justpeachy has never stated her child deserved to stay on a team, 100% realizes this is a competitive sport, and also realizes there are benefits of taking stress off of a child that has a mental block. What she spoke out against was a coach that used humiliation and fear tactics to try to scare away the mental block and/or get her child to quit. She spoke out about coaches, parents and kids cutting ties, taking sides, and being vocal when there's absolutely no reason or justification for it. A decent coach knows that mental blocks and other stress related issues are not about defiance and talks to their athlete and parents privately and offers options. Lastly, there is never a time where it is appropriate for a team rep to communicate athlete performance, decisions concerning team status or defend a coach decision with you.
Sad thing is nothing has changed with the gym or coach in question. Team moms are still used as the first line of communication. My CP no longer attend that location but have chosen a satellite location that is healthier for them. In fact in some regards I think it's gotten worse. To tie in with the latest conversation in the "Negative Publicity and Athlete Safety" post, I feel like it's time for an all-star sport overhaul. Protection of our CP should always be priority number 1. And I think that's getting lost in the chase for rings and jackets.
@justpeachy I'm so sorry to hear what your CP is going through. I think about you guys often. She will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.