Rights of the Coaches

The coach is guaranteed the right to:

a) Assist the gymnast or team under his care in submitting written requests related to the raising of apparatus and the rating of a new vault or element.

b) Assist the gymnast or team under their care on the podium during the warm-up period on all apparatus.

c) Help the gymnast or team prepare the apparatus for competition.
Preparation of any apparatus may be performed by coaches for the upcoming rotation upon completion of the final exercise in the current rotation and publication of the last gymnast’s score on that apparatus.

d) Lift the gymnast to a hanging position on the Rings and Horizontal Bar.

e) Be present on the podium after the green light is lit to remove the springboard on Parallel Bars.

f) Be present at Rings and Horizontal Bar during the gymnast’s exercise for reasons of safety.

g) Assist or advise the gymnast during the thirty seconds after a fall on all apparatus and between the first and second vault.

h) Have their gymnast’s score publicly displayed immediately following their performance or in accordance with the specific regulations governing that competition.

i) Be present at all apparatus to help in case of injuries or defects of the apparatus.

j) Inquire to Superior Jury concerning the evaluation of the content of the exercise of the gymnast (see Art. 3.4).

k) Request to Superior Jury a review of the Time and Line deductions.