stargazer
Gymnast
I'm curious about what other people have to say about positioning of the thumbs on bars. Some of the girls as my gym train kip cast handstands to giants without switching their thumbs at all (thumbs on top of the bar for the glide, and remain on the top for the handstand), whereas others are learning cast handstands with thumbs under the bar (imagine trying to touch your index and thumbs together) so that they can't slip off the front of the bar. Is there a way that is more correct? For most of the girls and coaches it seems down to personal preference, but the thumbs under the bar for the handstand seems safer. I switch back and forth depending on what I'm doing (small casts out of kips my thumbs don't move, but cast handstands or preps I always do with my thumbs under the bars because that feels safer).
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?