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I'm trying to get my high bar kip but because of COVID I am unable to practice. I have a bar at home but not uneven bars so it's not the same as high bar kip. Does anybody have any drills that could help me get it when we get back to the gym?

My daughter just moved from JO level 7/8 to XCEL Diamond. She is working on bar skills and I am wondering where they fit to the COP. I have looked at the sheets, but since I don't know the individual value of each skill, I am wondering if I can just list them here: kip cast handstand to clear...

Hi, Does anyone know what the deduction is for JO L5 for an extra cast before the squat on? My daughter falls a lot if she doesn't take a quick cast after the push away kip when doing the squat on to the high bar.

Quick question! I have a gymnasts who is learning to do jaeger. She wants to add it in her bar routine, but she doesn't have a bail or pak and she's too tall to do a giant 1/2 / blind facing the low bar. Are there any other relatively easy or smart ways to continue the routine after the jaeger...

After biles mounts low bar with a kip, what is the name of her next skill? She casts to handstand and then does like a front hip circle out of the cast

Just wondering how long it usually takes / how hard it is, to transfer skills from strap bar to real bar. We never had a strap bar back when I was a gymnast many many years ago lol. My daughter has been doing giants on straps for months but hasn’t attempted on the real bar yet. She also has her...

Non quarantine related question about the bars. My daughter and I were talking about what she’s looking forward to working on when gym reopens. Bars is her favorite event. She did level 9 last year and will no doubt repeat but is looking forward to working upgrades. One release she is eager...

Here's a great video from Tom Forster on how to make a floor bar (or parallettes if you make two)...

Here's a fun video for all you bar fans to watch right now. Nina Derwael rocks!

I'm generally opposed to home equipment and home gymnastics practice, out of concern over injury and reinforcement of bad habits. But that Forster bar that Sk8rmaiden posted on the updates thread looks like it might be a fun and useful thing for my bars-obsessed daughter, who was supposed to be...

Hi, just wondering what counts as a 'close bar element' (do you have that in the US? I am UK). If so, does a sole circle to jump to high bar count? I know a clear hip to handstand does... Thanks!

Hello everyone! Soon I would like to start training horizontal bar. I have access to proper gymnastics facilities, but coaches only know about WAG skills, although it seems that the beginning elements of horizontal bar and uneven bars are similar so perhaps they still can help. I am a beginner...

I have a Level 9 4’ 10” daughter and her coach has her doing her bar routine at the same bar setting as all the other girls who are 4-8 inches taller. She can’t get to handstand and her coach now has her doing a giant on low bar after her shootover because she has too much power coming from high...

Does a toe circle count as one of the two 360 clear circle elements required for Level 7?

Can some one in the know help me with a level 9 bars question? My daughter and her bestie were just told that they need two release moves in level 9, one from high to low and one from low to high. They assumed a squat on job to high bar was all they needed instead of a low to high release type...

So per usual this time of year some skill goes south for awhile. Need some happy stories of bar changes that disappeared then reappeared. Seems the overshoot is missing, maybe it the cold weather . (Really though perhaps due to fear after fall combined with growth). .... been at this long...

Hello! Can someone tell me what bar skills are required for an optional routine at an elite qualifier meet? If you could also include the letter/score with the actual skill name that would be so helpful. Right now she has a stalder, toe on, Maloney, pirouette & is working on a pac ( sorry hope I...

Here's a little video I made the other day to show how we work cast handstands on bars... seems like people like it... so here you go (share it on Facebook if you like it)...