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Tonight when I went to pick up my dd from practice, she had some pretty ugly hands. Rips on both hands, but what was even stranger was that at least half of each palm was very red and painful. Before practice she had mentioned how her hands were peeling and it appears that the top layer of...

Ever since the beginning of spring, I have started to develop issues about how my hand placement is when I do skills (especially kips) on bars. I do not know if this is just a personal problem that I am having, but I'm trying to find somebody who can help/relate? For example, my grips (no...

DD is an enthusiastic IDP 5 training 24 hours a week. She's developed red raw rub marks on her hands from bar work. She doesn't seem to have any obvious calluses which could be contributing. One other girl in her group also has very painful hands and she is a very hard worker like dd. Any...

Ok so I don't know much about coaching but I've recently come across another parent who informed their daughters hands were tied together while on beam(i don't know what skill she was being taught or anything) but I was wondering how common this is, if at all? Personally it seems so dangerous...

DD has come home from training tonight with her very first rip - luckily not her dominant hand! It's only small but I'm not sure how to manage it and ?prevent it happening again. Any wise words you can give me?? Thanks in advance!

I have a few gymnasts that have the worst sweaty hands and feet. Does anyone have any ideas how to help with it. We tried using chalk for beam and it just doesn't work. Help please :)

DD has been trying to get used to grips for a few months. Can anyone explain the pros and cons of using dowel grips when you have very, very small hands? She can kip in them (not as well as without grips) but not much else (not a decent clear hip, very low tap swings, etc in them). She didn't...

Hi Everyone, What is the correct hand placement for a back flick (or back handspring if you're American) on beam? In my old gymnastics club, they told me to place one hand in front of the other. Now that I'm used to this way of doing it, it's fine although at first it made me twist a bit. In my...

Me again! Feel like I'm on here all the time at the minute! We are looking for second hand equipment if anyone knows of any clubs that are selling anything or replacing old equipment?

I was wondering, after talking to HC and reading a comment from Dunno about how spotting takes its toll on coaches, just how much hands on coaching and spotting is needed. How does it vary level to level and where can describing body position and providing drills take the place of spotting?

Advice from the gallery is asked: What hand lotion would you suggest be available in the gym for athletes and staff? Eliminate the offering and discourage use post UB's. Set-up: The JO and Xcel athletes leave UB's and are asked to wash their hands. Almost all lotion their hands. At this...

My 5 yr old boy goes to gym once a week. He is naturally very stong and coaches are now hands on with strecthing him. He has little to no flexibility but lots of strength and skills. My 5yr old is really focussing on the strecthing and starting to not want to go. He cried last week when he was...

Hi! Need some suggestions on this... As long as dd is going forward, her hands placement on beam is fine. So she can tic-toc for example with no problem. But going backwards, her hands would go over each other or one is in front of the other. So then she'll struggle to go over and even when she...

Ugh. My DD, getting ready to compete the new L6, broke her hand doing ROBHS on the tumble track. The crack/snap was heard by everyone within 20 feet. She just placed her hand wrong. She has a rotational fracture of her 3rd metacarpal, her finger is kind of pointing in the wrong direction. A...

DD has previously competed tsuks vaults well. After a long break from working these vaults she is going back to tsuks. She is having a lot of trouble with the entry. Her coach keeps telling her she turns too early. She has been trying to fix this for a month now without much progress. She...

In the last 2 years I have broke my right hand and sprained my left. I have also had problems with my wrist giving out. I was wondering if there is any stretch or exercise I would be able to do in order to avoid further injury or to strengthen my hands and wrist.

I've been having some bad wrist/hand pain the last few weeks. I don't wear tiger paws or anything to support my wrists. Ill be doing back walkovers or back handsprings or front handspring vaults and it just hurts badly!! I know y'all are going to say I need to ask a doctor, but I need to know...

Does anyone have a preference? I'm worried about them feeling too bulky on her. I can get golden hands for a lot less because they offer seconds but I don't want to do that if I'm just going to have to go back and buy tiger paws anyway. She won't be wearing these all the time just when they are...

I'm at camp this week and there are a few skills I'd like to improve, including my flat back and handspring on vault... Has anyone got any useful tips I could use?!

At our gym's parent meeting last week, it was announced that having two pairs of dowel grips is required for all L4s and up. I have 2 DDs in L4. I have no problem buying them for my 9 year old, who measures at a size zero grip. I'm not sure about buying them yet for my younger DD (6.5 years...