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.
Comical.
First of all, in the US, if you are a coach, you know that every kid on your team has signed a waiver of liability for you, the facility and the organization. Maybe McDs should require customers to acknowledge that the hot products they serve can burn a person. If you won't sign the waiver you eat uncooked nuggets and cold coffee, no ice, you could choke on that. What if the ice were too cold and stuck to your tongue?
McDs has no duty to walk you to your car, take the lid off and insure no one jiggles your legs causing spillage.
I'd like you to tell me one single food product that is served hot that cannot burn you.
And we wonder why we can't dive off blocks, off diving boards or play sharks and minnows anymore (the greatest pool game ever invented in the dive well).
Comical.
First of all, in the US, if you are a coach, you know that every kid on your team has signed a waiver of liability for you, the facility and the organization. Maybe McDs should require customers to acknowledge that the hot products they serve can burn a person. If you won't sign the waiver you eat uncooked nuggets and cold coffee, no ice, you could choke on that. What if the ice were too cold and stuck to your tongue?
McDs has no duty to walk you to your car, take the lid off and insure no one jiggles your legs causing spillage.
I'd like you to tell me one single food product that is served hot that cannot burn you.
And we wonder why we can't dive off blocks, off diving boards or play sharks and minnows anymore (the greatest pool game ever invented in the dive well).
