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Thanks for the replies. I would really appreciate a "once a month" viewing policy or even an parent exhibition every once in a while. Show us what we're paying for! I can understand why watching a whole practice would be frowned on, it would be a bit obsessive to sit there hour after hour. At the end of the day, it is their sport. We wouldn't go sit in their classrooms at school, can you imagine how their teachers would feel? I suppose the coaches may feel the same way. I will have to be content watching meets and what she does on the grass and throughout the house, across parking lots, etc (LOL!) (although that's not supposed to happen either).
We as coaches are in a position of power over the kids. It's a position that really allows us to help build the kids up in terms of their own confidence and self-image -- however, a bad coach can also tear these things down more easily and thoroughly and permanently than any school teacher could. Obviously there is the potential for physical/sexual abuse, but that's extremely rare. Psychological abuse and manipulation, however, are far less rare than they should be, and for this reason parents can and should be allowed to watch us like hawks.
In my opinion, parents should have the right to drop in and watch any or all of practice whenever they feel so inclined. I would encourage them to use this right very sparingly (as it can be a distraction and can put too much pressure on the kids), but I would never ever dream of denying them this right entirely.
Just my 2 cents as a coach.
=At our gym, you can watch the rec classes, but once you get to Level 3 (pre-team at our gym), you can no longer watch.
It was tough at first, but I adapted pretty quickly and it probably is better for both me & dd this way.
We can watch all we want, but you pick out the cgms as the ones there every day all practice. I agree with whoever said it isn't healthy for the gymnast or the parent to watch every practice like that. I think parents should be able to watch whenever they want, but I don't think they actually should do it.
Dunno, not sure I understand what you're getting at. What is it you think I'm paying for?
YES to everything you said! I simply would not allow my child to spend such huge amounts of time with an adult if I were not allowed to drop in whenever I wanted. My kid's (private) school welcomes parents at anytime. DD's violin teacher prefers that a parent sit through every lesson.
I would be very leery of a coach who refused to let me observe how they coach my child.