I started diving off of starting blocks when I was eight years old. I am now 51, and train at the Y, almost always alone, as there is no Masters program in the county where I live, or in any of the immediately adjacent counties. (There are several age group programs.) I want to work on my starts, but none of the Y's where I swim will let me use the blocks - saying that a national Y policy prohibits anyone from using the blocks unless a team/club coach is on the deck.
I have never heard of anyone suing a YMCA because of an accident on a starting block.
Yes, perhaps a coach would be valuable to me in this regard, but I'm not looking for a coach - I need and want a cooperative facility. The age groups' program schedules are not conducive to my schedule, and besides, the age group coaches already have enough on their hands during those times with lanes full of kids working their programs. I also am not excited about having to dodge those kids to do the work I need to do.
Anyone find a way to conquer this litigation-fear-induced insanity yet? Thank you.
I'd like to take personal responsibility for diving off of the blocks at the Y, but they won't let me. They are fully convinced that they know whats best for me.
When Hubert Humphrey died, it was either Eric Sevaried or Roger Mudd who said something that I have always remembered. He (one of them) said, "Humphrey was an 'old school' liberal - one of those who believed that a part of government's role is to help you have access to the opportunities and resources that will enable you to live the life that you decide is best for you. That contrasts with the new liberals, who believe that it is part of government's role to help you have access to the opprotunities and resources that will enable you to live the life that they decide is best for you."
Let me sign the waiver - after all, this is America.
I'd like to take personal responsibility for diving off of the blocks at the Y, but they won't let me. They are fully convinced that they know whats best for me.
When Hubert Humphrey died, it was either Eric Sevaried or Roger Mudd who said something that I have always remembered. He (one of them) said, "Humphrey was an 'old school' liberal - one of those who believed that a part of government's role is to help you have access to the opportunities and resources that will enable you to live the life that you decide is best for you. That contrasts with the new liberals, who believe that it is part of government's role to help you have access to the opprotunities and resources that will enable you to live the life that they decide is best for you."
Let me sign the waiver - after all, this is America.
