Hi all,
I am the president of my team, and we recently instituted a policy after having an increasing number of parents bringing children along to workout. (Usually in the case of both parents being swimmers, and one swims while the other watches the child, and then they switch off for the next workout.) We found a need to institute a policy after seeing a wide range of what parents considered to be acceptable behavior, and to be an acceptable level of supervision.
I am wondering if any of you would be willing to share any info about this subject at your team. I am wondering:
- Are members at your team allowed to bring children with them to workouts?
- Does your team have a written policy about this subject (for example, child must have an adult supervising them, child cannot be within a certain distance of the pool, etc.)? If so, can you share the wording of that policy?
Thanks for any info!
In my 25+ years in Masters, the clubs I’ve been associated with have never had policies about bringing children to workouts. However a number of the facilities where we worked out have had policies. And these policies have varied greatly, depending on the facility (public pool, private pool, YMCA, university, etc.)
It should be noted that at a USMS workout, children are never allowed in the workout lanes. So you don’t need to write any policy addressing in water issues.
Does your workout facility have any rules regarding children?
At my current club we swim at a public pool where a number of parents bring their children and send the kids off to the play pool, while we workout.
In my 25+ years in Masters, the clubs I’ve been associated with have never had policies about bringing children to workouts. However a number of the facilities where we worked out have had policies. And these policies have varied greatly, depending on the facility (public pool, private pool, YMCA, university, etc.)
It should be noted that at a USMS workout, children are never allowed in the workout lanes. So you don’t need to write any policy addressing in water issues.
Does your workout facility have any rules regarding children?
At my current club we swim at a public pool where a number of parents bring their children and send the kids off to the play pool, while we workout.
