- May 29, 2014
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Last year one of the reasons we chose to leave our gym because one of the head coaches was very difficult to get along with. We personally never had a problem but one practice the coach got within 2 inches from a 7 year olds face and told her that her tumbling was sloppy so was so upset she began to cry and that made him call her a baby. The child began to hyperventilate and peed her pants. Situations like this happened over and over again and therefore the gym lost all but two 8-12 year olds this eliminating the youth teams.
Because of this we switched gyms. This year has been however recently one of the coaches at the new gym told one of the smaller girls that her sub from the previous practice was better in her position that what she was. This coach says stuff like this all of the time and when parents try to talk to them they then seem to pick on your child for the next few practices. We have no problem with tough love and strict coaching but I think that embarrassing and degrading comments in front of the whole team isn’t really necessary at these young age groups.
Have any of you had experiences with stuff like this and what are your thoughts on it? Is this just how the sport of cheer is?
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Because of this we switched gyms. This year has been however recently one of the coaches at the new gym told one of the smaller girls that her sub from the previous practice was better in her position that what she was. This coach says stuff like this all of the time and when parents try to talk to them they then seem to pick on your child for the next few practices. We have no problem with tough love and strict coaching but I think that embarrassing and degrading comments in front of the whole team isn’t really necessary at these young age groups.
Have any of you had experiences with stuff like this and what are your thoughts on it? Is this just how the sport of cheer is?
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