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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1368632" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>This all hits pretty close to home for me. My daughter was in gymnastics for a number of years. The amount of time involved... 20+ hours a week... and the amount of reliance on coaches and trainers leaves these girls very vulnerable. </p><p></p><p>We had a coach who was borderline verbally abusive with the girls. Not way over the line, but definitely toeing it consistently and often. The type of thing where he was addressing these 10-11 year old girls in a way that would raised an eyebrow had they been 16-17 year old high school football players. </p><p></p><p>We were considering switching gyms when my daughter suffered a knee injury. Fortunately for us, we went to a great doctor. After weighing all our options we decided it was time to get out. I think my daughter would have stayed in if it had just been the crappy coach or the knee injury. The combination of the two really killed her will to do it. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, it’s very easy for me to wonder if we had been living in Michigan instead of Illinois, what would have happened to my daughter when we went to a doctor about her knee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1368632, member: 26283"] This all hits pretty close to home for me. My daughter was in gymnastics for a number of years. The amount of time involved... 20+ hours a week... and the amount of reliance on coaches and trainers leaves these girls very vulnerable. We had a coach who was borderline verbally abusive with the girls. Not way over the line, but definitely toeing it consistently and often. The type of thing where he was addressing these 10-11 year old girls in a way that would raised an eyebrow had they been 16-17 year old high school football players. We were considering switching gyms when my daughter suffered a knee injury. Fortunately for us, we went to a great doctor. After weighing all our options we decided it was time to get out. I think my daughter would have stayed in if it had just been the crappy coach or the knee injury. The combination of the two really killed her will to do it. Anyway, it’s very easy for me to wonder if we had been living in Michigan instead of Illinois, what would have happened to my daughter when we went to a doctor about her knee. [/QUOTE]
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