Survey To Help Loss of Athletes DEAR GYMNAST, As the Age Group Chairman for Region VIII, I am extremely concerned with the loss of high level competitors from our sport . As a result of this concern, I have devised the enclosed questionnaire for yourself and your parents to fill out and return to me. I am not asking you to consider returning to competitive gymnastics, but to possibly identify some of the causes that led to your leaving. All responses will be marked confidential, and your
name, parents name, coach or gym name will not be mentioned. Please enter your Region and State abbreviation for your code number, for example 4-IA if you are from Iowa (Region IV). Thank you for your help, we all miss you and wish you well in your future endeavors. Please send this form to me at 730 St. John's Bluff Road, Jacksonville, FL 32211 (904) 641-9966 . D .J. Milem Regional Jo Development Chairman
CODE NUMBER _ _ _ _ __ (NOTE: Please use separate sheet of paper for additional comments) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Your present age? _ _ _ _ __ How long were you in gymnastics (Classes, etc.),_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ How long were you in competitive gymnastics?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Your highest level of competitive gymnastics (Elite, Class I, etc.), _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ What was your most enjoyable level?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Why do you consider this the most enjoyable?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
7. Time spent at your last competitive level?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 8. Why did you move up/down to your last competitive level (coaches decision, mandate, your friends all moved up, mom & dad wanted it, etc.)? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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Your age when you quit? _ _ _ _ __ Your grade in school when you quit? _ _ _ _ __ Were your grades in school affected by the time spent in gym? Y - N How many hours per day did you spend in the gym? _ _ _ _ __ How many days per week? _ _ _ _ __ Did you have weekend workouts? Y - N - SOMETIMES If Y, did you have to attend or did you have a choice? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
16. How did your friends (other than friends in the gym) view your time spent in the gym? Felt that you spent too much time doing gymnastics. Thought that it was neat that you could do that stuff, etc ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 17. Were you a cheerleader in your school prior to quitting gymnastics? Y - N Sisters _ _ __ 18. Do you have brothers and sisters? Y - N No . Brothers 19. If Y, did your brothers or sisters seem to resent the fact that you took up so much of your parents time (driving to gym, going to meets, etc.?) Y - N 20. Did you feel that the difficulty level at the last competitive level was too hard? Y - N 21 . Were you injured prior to your decision to quit? Y - N 22. Was that one of the reasons you quit? Y - N 23. Was your weight one of the reasons you quit? Y - N 24. Did it seem that all of your team mates and the little kids got tricks easier than you did? Y - N 25 . Did your coach seem to ignore you, and favor the others? Y - N 26 . Did you change gyms before you decided to quit? Y - N 27. Did gymnastics just not seem "FUN" anymore? Y - N 28. Did any of your team mates decide to quit with you? Y - N 29. Were you hoping to use your gymnastics to get a college scholarship? Y - N 30. Any other reasons for your decision to quit? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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