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  1. Geoffrey Taucer

    Coaches Gloves for strap bar

    Thus far, I've been having my kids train strap bar on a PVC pipe around the bar. However, I'm hearing more and more coaches saying that it's better for them to wear gloves and not use a pipe. This makes sense, and I'd like to have my boys start working strap bar this way. What sort of gloves...
  2. kalgymcoach

    Men Slipper High Bar

    I am relatively new to boys gymnastic equipment. But my DS seems to slip alot even after using mag. I have coached girls for 9 years and we mag up the uneven bars, can you do that to the metal high bar? or does anyone else have any other ideas. It's a pain because when it is humid we can't do...
  3. S

    Got my jump to high bar!

    As you might know, I've usually had a terrible fear of jumping to the high bar and I've only done it a few times in my life. Well, today at the beginning of practice while we were warming up, the high bar was pretty low and it looked easy to jump, so I did it! And then when I was actually on...
  4. lil_gymnast_alanna

    Coming off the bar on giants?

    So the other day I was doing giants on a single bar, and I went to regrip and, I dont know how it happened, I let go! My coach said that I had kind of stopped and tried to regrip but let go instead and then did some sort of weird flyway! Does anyone know of someone who has done this?
  5. M

    Parents Bar update

    So a couple of weeks ago I was asking for the bar fairy to help DD with her jump to the high bar. Well it has been a challenge in the least. Some days she was doing it, then others would only block off and have nothing to do with grabbing the bar. Many of practices she was kept over to work...
  6. M

    Parents Looking for a bar fairy

    OK DD is getting ready for level 5 for the winter season. Starting to learn beam and floor routines, getting to start going over the horse for vault, and suddenly on bars nearly straight arm kips. Problem is the squat on and jumping to the high bar. She will jump to the high bar but will not...
  7. M

    Help with Level 5 bar dismount

    My DD is struggling with her bar dismount. She says she can't turn fast enough. She starts to take her hand off the bar to turn and just can't complete the turn. Any advice on what she needs to do differently or what she can work on? Also does it matter which direction she turns?
  8. B

    Strap Bar

    So are you a fan? I think strap bar is awesome, but what are your thoughts on it? Does it help you with your giants?
  9. L

    Bar Games

    Does anyone have any suggestions of games that can be played on or around the uneven bars? I like to coach one day a session of just games, and bars makes this difficult! I don't have anything! Thanks :)
  10. M

    Bar changes: High to Low

    This year for High school competitions I am going to do a optional routine. The requirements are: Four Bs 1 C B dismount (or B turn, B release, etc) 2 bar changes I got my cast handstand yesterday and also Giants. For my routine my Bs will be Giant Giant Clear Hip I do not have a C B...
  11. M

    Parents Are Bar and Vault Fairies available?

    Midget has Compulsory States this weekend. Still no mill Circle, evil thing that it is. She is so close though. Literally an inch from getting high enough. but she has been struggling with keeping her legs straight and together. If she could do that even without the Mill it would be very good...
  12. G

    Pirouette Bar

    For Christmas, my parents are getting me a pirouette bar to practice handstands and pirouettes at home. Do you know where I can get one that is good/sturdy, and isn't really expensive? I saw a Nastia one, but it was 141 dollars! Thanks in advance!
  13. kristilyn73

    Level 8 Bar Questions

    2 Questions. If a gymnast does a cast to handstand clear hip to handstand would the skill be voided because it is a C? What degree Clear hips are the judges looking for? Horizontal? 45 Degrees above ? My DD is getting conflicting information. Thanks!
  14. floorlover14

    Single leg cut in level 4 bar routine.

    I am in level 4 and I had been working all last year to get my single leg shoot thru on the bar. One day I finally got it and way really excited. Then, we didn't practice them all summer because my coach wanted to focus on our skills for the next level (kips, squat ons). Then, when September...
  15. G

    Compulsory Bar Drills

    Anyone have anything they do with (especially to get new level 5s swinging) but compulsories in general after they finish their turn? i.e. something they can do in line or on supplementary equipment without spot. I'd like some new ones. Anything really, body positioning or exercises are good too.
  16. M

    Parents Thank you bar fairy

    Midget had a private yesterday to work on bars. As some of you may recall she had a yip where she could not do her dismount due to fear after eating mat and injuring her shoulder. She then fought through it, and promptly lost it again (video of the last meet shows her faceplanting on the...
  17. T

    Strap Bar

    Hey guys I usually just read post but felt the need to contribute after tonight's practice. I go to an adult class in Houston twice a week. We mainly do tumbling and conditioning and "play" on everything else. Long story short I got a screw in my foot taken out a week and a half ago and I was...
  18. S

    Need Help! Jump to High Bar Again!

    I'm sorry, I've already asked this question but I still need help. I am scared to jump to the high bar. The bars are the perfect distance for me, they do not need to be moved in. I don't even know why I'm scared. I do not think about the negative things that could happen, I just get scared...
  19. G

    Need to get my kip on high uneven bar

    I reeeeeeeally need to get my kip on high uneven bar! my first meet in in one month. :bars: Gymnastics is life... the rest is just details;)
  20. UnoMas

    Little gymmie needs bar fairy for meet tonight!

    Well, my younger DD has her in-house meet tonight. She is competing L2. She has struggled and struggled with bars and got 6's at her first 3 meets!:o Just this past week she has really started to pull it together and she can do pullover, back hip circle, AND sole circle dismount...sometimes...

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