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  1. Kcanflip

    Parents Burning feeling/hands on bars even with grips?

    Anyone have any suggestions to relieve the burning hands feeling caused by extended time on bars? my DD does wear grips. She is also older and taller... 5'3 at 13 so heavier than the average little gymmies. It sounds friction related. No rips... Just intense burning feeling. Can she use...
  2. A

    Women Level 7 bars question?

    Our gym requires Giants for 7. Another mom whose daughter is close asked me if that was a gym rule or a usag rule and I realized I didn't know. Anyone?
  3. Z

    Uneven Bars

    As amazing as our young women and the rest if this year's group is, I am curious where they rate in the history of the bars. DD and I were watching some uneven bar routines for the past 40 years or so. I honestly have little concept of what moves are really hard and which are really, really...
  4. F

    Why not let Laurie do bars??

    Here's what I don't understand, why not just let Laurie compete on bars and let the scores decide who will make it to the AA?? Is there a reason why Marta pulled her from bars??
  5. W

    Sneak peak rio: girls training bars

  6. E

    Coaches Thumb position - uneven bars

    How do you teach your gymnasts to grasp the bar? I always assumed that except for pirouetting skills, maybe catching a Pak/overshoot and front giants, the thumb is placed on the same side as the other fingers. However, I've had coaches tell me they teach their little gymnasts to switch the...
  7. kimute

    Women Wrist pain and bars

    My DD has had a bunch of wrist issues over the last few months. They are likely acute injuries and not overuse issues. She missed a lot of last season with a TFCC injury, recovered fully and then hurt both wrists again with a bad landing. She has rested for a month, X-ray is clear, but she...
  8. M

    Uneven Bars - Rio Qualifications

    Is anyone else nervous about how this is going to play out? My fear is that Laurie will end up getting cut out of the AA race over this. Obviously Simone will be doing AA in quals, and almost certainly Aly as well. That leaves two bar slots, and Gabby + Madison would bring in the highest...
  9. L

    Women Suggestions Needed - Moving Giant from Pit to Real Bars when gymmie has fears

    As most of you know, my DD made a tremendous comeback from a broken tibia and fibula. She has had a great 1/2 season and has all of her level 7 skills back. She is even doing tsuk drills, which I thought she would NEVER do. However, about 10 months ago while she was in the midst of...
  10. marie83

    Bars protection

    Someone please tell me I'm not going mad... When gymnasts compete on single high bar of the A bars I know I have seen some protection on the uprights of the low bar (over the part where the low bar would connect) We are trying to find some of these to use in our gym but can't find them...
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  11. L

    Women Optional bars coach (male)- how essential?

    Interested to know from anyone, how important is a male optionals coach? Particularly on bars (or perhaps floor and vault). All else being equal when evaluating a gym, how important is this for progressing through the levels? Seems most people are concerned most about spotting but can good...
  12. M

    Women Level 6 Bars question

    Is a cast to handstand required in level 6? Sorry for the newbie optionals question it will be our first level 6 season. I am sure this is the first of many questions. Thanks so much
  13. M

    Women Level 10 bar routine-"pinging" off bars

    My daughter is pinging off the bars right before she goes into her piked jeager. This started happening recently. During the summer and beginning of the season, she was catching her jeager quite regularly and did not ping off the bars at all. She was injured right around her first meet of the...
  14. D

    Women Side station ideas for bars

    We have only 4 or so mats next to the bars and no wall bars. I've been doing dish and arch rocks, squat on to parallel floor bar, pike-up prep from back lying with a pole over head for upstart final part, handstand shaping on floor, elastic pull downs on the bar next to where I'm working and...
  15. P

    Women Is a cast off to stand dismount on bars considered one skill or two?

    I fear we are one skill short in our Xcel Bronze bar routine based on scores in our last two meets. Can anyone definitively tell me if a cast off to stand dismount is considered one skill or two (cast + dismount)? I believe I have seen it iterpreted differently by different judges. Thanks in...
  16. Ali'sMom

    Women Link to bars handstand amplitude/deductions

    I know someone has linked the picture that shows angles and deductions for cast handstands, but I cannot find it... If anyone has it, knows what I'm talking about, could you please add it here? Thanks so much!
  17. Texasmomof3

    Women Bars question -- handstands

    My dd cannot do a cast to handstand on bars. But she can do a clear hip to handstand to multiple giants. According to her gym, you must have the cast to handstand to move to level 7. (She just finished level 6 this weekend.) She has been working to get the cast handstand for months now --...
  18. gymgal

    Women coaches: single bars releases

    I was watching the Nastia cup videos last night and noticed a lot of the girls doing jaegers on bars. It got me thinking. What goes into the decision to train one release over other ones? I have seen clubs and lower ranked college teams where almost all the girls have the same release. Usually...
  19. Canadian_gym_mom

    My girl's bars from today!

    So proud today. Dd competed with kitkat's Alex and even though she is totally out of Alex's league on bars, still managed 2nd place with a floor foot touch, a bar foot touch, and no full turn with questionable handstands, lol! I think I was most proud seeing Alex and dd hanging out together...
  20. L

    Women Level 8 bars. Does this fulfill requirements?

    Kip Cast handstand 1/2 pirouette Kip Squat on Jump to high bar Kip cast handstand Free hip Giant Layout Flyaway Thanks!

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