Experience counts; generally more experienced coaches at club gymnastics than high school gymnastics: [quote]A National Youth Sports Safety Foundation study found that gymnastics was the fourth-leading cause of injury among high school athletes, with an injury rate of 56 percent. Club gymnastics programs - which generally hire more experienced coaches - had a rate of about 22 percent.[/quote] [quote]At the time of her injury, Wilson was practicing a difficult routine known as the "reverse hecht," a move she learned while participating in club gymnastics her junior year. Wilson's lawyer, Steve Langdon of Sioux Falls, contends that the Bauers didn't have enough training to coach the high-level move. He adds they failed to take into account Wilson's fatigue as she failed to land the routine multiple times. "Andrea Wilson should not have been executing the 'reverse hecht' move in high school athletics," Langdon says. "Her coaches didn't know how to teach the skill, they technically didn't understand the skill, and they didn't know enough to recognize that day that she shouldn't do it anymore."[/quote] full article: "Severe gymnastics injuries highlight coaches' liability http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070912/NEWS/709120314 topic: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=1429