My friend says the coaches in her gym aren't allowed to sit down during coaching at all. So they do when the gym owners aren't there. Not when they're spotting, but when they're doing other stuff. Because they say it looks lazy and like they're not doing anything and it looks bad for the parents.

The coaches could be standing around and not doing anything also! Check my post at: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=14003#14003