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!
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by Rob Copeland
You’re right it does sound harsh. Currently my club works out at a public pool. We get 4 lanes of the 8 lane competition pool, the other 4 lanes are open for public swimming and a second play pool is also open to the general public. At any given time, during our Masters workout, there may be 100 or more kids on the deck and in the other lanes/pool. Might this be a circumstance where children are allowed to simply stand around a pool deck?
Rob, I stand by my statement. If kids are standing aroud not in the desiganted area where they can be, they are a distraction. I forgot to write this in my first statement because it really upsets me. Once a girl was playing with kickboards owned by the team I wa practicing with. the lifeguards for the other parts of the pool whicha at the time where open t he public thought that the little girl was with the team. She wan't. The kickboard popped out fromunderneath her bottom, she wa sitting on it, and broke her wind pipe. the lifeguards thought that the gfirl was with us becasue so many on the team brought their children and some fool on the team told the lifeguards that we would be responsible for our own children.
Originally posted by Rob Copeland
You’re right it does sound harsh. Currently my club works out at a public pool. We get 4 lanes of the 8 lane competition pool, the other 4 lanes are open for public swimming and a second play pool is also open to the general public. At any given time, during our Masters workout, there may be 100 or more kids on the deck and in the other lanes/pool. Might this be a circumstance where children are allowed to simply stand around a pool deck?
Rob, I stand by my statement. If kids are standing aroud not in the desiganted area where they can be, they are a distraction. I forgot to write this in my first statement because it really upsets me. Once a girl was playing with kickboards owned by the team I wa practicing with. the lifeguards for the other parts of the pool whicha at the time where open t he public thought that the little girl was with the team. She wan't. The kickboard popped out fromunderneath her bottom, she wa sitting on it, and broke her wind pipe. the lifeguards thought that the gfirl was with us becasue so many on the team brought their children and some fool on the team told the lifeguards that we would be responsible for our own children.
