AmeriKids 101
​Procedures for Accessing
AmeriKiDS Membership & Benefit Insurance Program
REGISTRATION: TOTAL PROGRAM
If your program is interested in the total insurance program, follow the procedures below.
PLEASE NOTE: The forms are "fillable" forms that you may type in rather than having to fill in by hand or you may submit the data electronically through email, an Excel or Word table format, and follow up by sending your payment in the regular mail.
Club Membership
Register online or download and complete the Club Membership form. Club membership allows for registration of athletes, sanctioning compeittions and participation in AmeriKids sanctioned/member events along with other other specified benefits as they develop. Club membership is good for one year from the date of sign up. No fee for coaches, instructors or staff members.
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Submit the form and $25 registration fee to the AmeriKids National Office:
Mike Stanner, National Chairman 11222 Kentucky Road Papillion, NE 68133
Foy Insurance Wrap Around Policy
**A club membership form must be completed before you submit your wrap around policy application with Foy Insurance **
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Download and complete the Wrap Around Policy Application. All non-member activities will require an additional "wrap around" policy at an additional premium.
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Mail, call or email:
Contact:
Cindy Harb with Foy Insurance
P.O. Box 1030 Exeter, NH 03833 Phone (603)772-4781 Fax (603)772-3246
cindy.har@foyinsurance.com www.foyinsurance.com
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Competitive Membership
Register online or download and complete and submit the Competitive Athlete Registration with the competitive fee of $16/athlete. Only registered member athletes may compete in AmeriKiDS sanctioned events. Submit new registration forms as you add new competitive athletes to your program.
If your club is an AmeriKids insured member club, each individual athlete must join AmeriKids as an competitive member at a cost of $10 per athlete. Submit this competitive fee to complete registration.
Each member athlete is covered, within the policy limits, with the excess accident insurance at sanctioned events. Each athlete's coverage is good for one year from the time they are signed up. Your coaching staff is covered for general liability in working with these registered member athletes.
Coaching staff is NOT covererd if the gym is not a FULL AK member through Foy Insurance. Athletic coverage is for "athlete only" and "event only"
Competitive Sanctions
A member benefit, sanctioning your local or league meets with AmeriKids, will afford your organization the insurance benefits at a significant savings. In addition, all sanctioned events will be posted on our website so that member clubs will know of available AmeriKids competitions in their areas. All participants in a sanctioned event must be AmeriKids registered athletes.
SANCTIONS FEES
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$ 25 - One day, local event
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$ 45 - Two or more days, local event
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$ 60 - State competitions
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$120 - Regional and National events
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Submit a Sanction Request Form and the appropriate fee for all events requested (one form per event requested) 21 days prior to the event to the National AmeriKids Office. Requests received less than 21 days prior to the event may not be posted on the website. The approved Sanction Report form will then be sent to the event director by e-mail.
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Mail fees to:
AmeriKids Gymnastics
Mike Stanner – National Chairman
11222 Kentucky Road
Papillion, Nebraska 68133
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Verify insurance status of host club and submit appropriate documents.
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Routines
AmeriKids routines are posted on the website. These routines are "open ended" by design -- meaning the skills may be individually reversed -- and the routines allow for extra steps to reverse skills. If a particular State or group of clubs (for example a league or multi-state area) wishes to change any parts of these routines, it would require a vote of the AmeriKids clubs within that state or group. Any changes made will then need to be made available and sent out with the meet information to the affected clubs where applicable.
All of the routines as posted on the AmeriKids Gymnastics website will be used at the National meet.Any State or group that changes the routines will need to use the original routines for athletes attending the National & Multi Regional meets.
Please Note:
The compulsary or optional routines must have the same elements at Mulit or Nationals. USAG or AAU compulsory routines are allowed as long
as they are modified according to Amerikids National rules. (As written in the Text form on pdf)
Southeast Region Routine *Changes
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All routine changes will be posted by 7/23/2016.
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SE can choose between AK, AAU, or USAG routines.
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Compulsary routine must be competed through level 3
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Optional routines will begin in level 4-Optional.
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A full skill bank will be posted for each optional level by 7/23/16
Age Groups
Age of the gymnast will be determined on the first day of their competition at SE Regionals. All local meets will be determined by the age on SE Regionals.
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Single age groups will be used at Nationals and groups of 30 or more will be broken by birthdate into smaller groups. Age groups of less than 3 athletes may be combined with an adjacent age. Age determination and groups for local meets may be determined by individual meet directors. It is also suggested that age group information be sent out with the meet invitation.
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