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.
To Pastor: it is easier to get forgiveness than permission. If you need to practice starts from the blocks and they exist, (and you are not able to get friendly with the guards or Mgt) go ahead and dive. In a court case, it could be argued that they (the blocks) were there for precisely that reason. But I am not an attorney or insurance adjuster, just a swimmer that has been where you are. Most likely the Y will throw you out if you persist in diving, but how much practice do you need?
To Geek and Botterud, et al.:
I think that the lady should have shouldered at least 50% of the liability, inasmuch as she decided not only to put the coffee in a sensitive area, but compounded her lack of good judgement by taking off the lid! Recipe for burnt naughty bits, right there.
Mc Donalds apparently deserved the punitive judgement for being both stupid and arrogant.
To Pastor: it is easier to get forgiveness than permission. If you need to practice starts from the blocks and they exist, (and you are not able to get friendly with the guards or Mgt) go ahead and dive. In a court case, it could be argued that they (the blocks) were there for precisely that reason. But I am not an attorney or insurance adjuster, just a swimmer that has been where you are. Most likely the Y will throw you out if you persist in diving, but how much practice do you need?
To Geek and Botterud, et al.:
I think that the lady should have shouldered at least 50% of the liability, inasmuch as she decided not only to put the coffee in a sensitive area, but compounded her lack of good judgement by taking off the lid! Recipe for burnt naughty bits, right there.
Mc Donalds apparently deserved the punitive judgement for being both stupid and arrogant.
