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Team Rules Team attendance is required at least 3 days per week. Do not arrive late, or leave early. Make up missed days.  Rules for Parents:
2. We only compete 3 - 4 times per year. It's not the meets that matter, but the journey! 3. Try to arrive on time to practice. The stretching exercise we do every day is the most important part of practice. Missing this crucial part of practice, will hinder your child's progress. Flexibility is a requirement for good gymnastics! Please don't take your child out early, unless it is a rare occasion. 4. Must attend summer practices when not traveling on vacation. Summer is the prime time to learn new skills when school isn't requiring 50% of the child's energy & concentration. Team members taking a month off, still have to pay a monthly fee to the gym. The gym still has to pay the coaches whether you are there or not! 5. Must commit to at least THREE days of practice each week; preferably four, year-round. If you miss a day, plan to make it up. 6. Do not coach from the sidelines. This is not allowed at RGA. Please be supportive, and refrain from negative feedback. Negative feedback has been proven (through the years with countless other parents) to spoil desire and motivation. It frightens children that don't belong to that parent, when a parent is yelling, or acting frustrated. 7. It is a common courtesy to call in, when you miss practice for sickness or other reasons. Don't leave the coach and your teammates wondering where you are. 8. Please try to encourage your child to stick to team for as many years as possible. Some gymnasts have made it 7 years. Making it a long term commitment will ensure that your child can do gymnastics or cheerleading in college. Please also be aware that the most experienced coaches spend the majority of their time with the most advanced gymnasts. This is due to safety reasons. Everyone will get their chance to shine, so be patient, and watch your child grow into an amazing gymnast! Each child climbs up the totem pole with time, until finally reaching the top. The girls at the top now, had to start somewhere! Rules for Gymnasts:
2. Must wear a leo. No t-shirts will be allowed anymore. You may wear shorts over your leo, but no t-shirts. 3. Do not complain about another gym's equipment at a meet during warmups. That casts a negative mood upon the entire team. When you arrive at a meet, only positive comments are allowed, such as "Oh I love those bars!" Or, "My goodness what a springy floor!" Complaining about equipment will only get you expelled from the meet. 4. Be supportive of your team mates. No pushing, fighting, or arguing with your team mates. We must strive to maintain a friendly atmosphere in the gym. Everyone will learn more if there is no fighting. Treat you teammates as you would like to be treated yourself. 5. Throw all your cups and trash away before leaving the gym at night. Use a cubby, don't clutter up the gym. 6. Do what is asked of you when you are asked to do it without responding, unless the response is a positive sincere one such as "Yes maam'." 7. Practice with good form. If you practice with bad form, you only get better at doing it bad. If you practice it good you will get better at doing it well! Plus you will learn the next skill faster! 8. Do not criticize, or coach your fellow team members. When it is time for you to be a coach at the gym, we will have you fill out an application. Until then, leave the coaching, criticizing, and instructing to the coaches. 9. Show respect to your coaches at all times. A proper answer to a coaches request would be "Yes maam'," or "ok." Not "Why do we have to do this?" Or, "But I can't!" You will get farther faster. After instructions have been given, do not ask "How many?" Or "What are we doing?" If you listen, you will always know. Don't ask questions to distract the coach, such as "What are we doing next?" Or, "Can we do tumble track?" Enjoy your practice minute by minute, and let the coach concentrate on your workout without needless questions and distractions. 10. There will be no crying at meets. Crying over a score you don't like, or crying because someone does better than you is ridiculous and will not be tolerated. It is like crying over a flat tire. Crying will not fix the tire. Changing the tire will fix the tire and allow you to move on. The judges do not know you from Adam. They are basing their entire opinion of you in a score, that is based entirely on one performance, on one moment in time. If you practice your routines with the best form in the world, and can do it almost perfect.....sometimes even the best get nervous and forget a skill or fall off, which will be reflected in the score. Even if you know you can score higher than what you did, or if you think you deserved more, that is life, move on and do not waste a minute more worrying about it. Do not worry about things you cannot change. So don't cry, just try to do even better to make up for it on the next event, or the next meet. Crying also makes others want to feel bad and cry. Crying is not allowed. "Be tough." 11. Talking back, or being disrespectful will result in immediate suspension or dismissal. It will simply not be tolerated. Please enjoy your team experience, and allow others to enjoy it as well! 12. Must have hair tied back. 13. Even though the coaches are "geniuses," please share them with your team mates! Don't constantly yell "watch me," so they can watch everybody. The world does not revolve around you. One more thing........"If the good Lord meant for you to talk more than you hear, he would have given you two mouths and one ear!" |