Responsibilities as a Skating Parent
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by admin in Toe Pick
Coach Dawn came with a great information for our skaters and parents. An article on U.S. Figure Skating web site explains about being a responsible skating parent.
These are the first steps the article points out.
1. Encourage your child to skate but don’t pressure. Let your child choose to skate if he or she wants to.
2. Understand what your child wants from skating and provide a supportive atmosphere for achieving these goals.
3. Put your child’s participation in perspective. Don’t make skating everything in your child’s life; make it a part of life.
4. Make sure the coach is qualified to guide your child through the skating experience.
5. Keep winning in perspective and help your child do the same.
6. Help your child set challenging but realistic performance goals rather than focusing only on “winning.”
7. Help your child understand the valuable lessons skating can teach.
8. Help your child meet responsibilities to the coach.
9. Discipline your child when necessary.
10. Turn your child over to the coach at practices and competitions – don’t meddle or coach from the sidelines.
In addition to that, there are more great information on the web site.
Check the link for the full article.
Responsibilities as a Skating Parent at U.S. Figure Skating
