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  1. G

    Sweaty hands and feet... :(

    As I continue to work on higher level skills, my hands and feet are starting to slip and make me scared to even try anything. Vault and beam are really being affected by my moderate hyperhidrosis... Has anyone used tite grip cuz I found it online and I'm thinking about trying it. if you could...
  2. C

    We all know these hands

    Ok a friend of mine not in gymnastics came across this photo online and with the comment I can't believe parents would let a kid do sports that casue this type of injury. Well what was I to say - My DD's hands have been this bad but there is no way I could stop her and I think Im a great mom...
  3. d0nut_l0ver

    Hand Placement?

    I got my cartwheel on high beam 2 days ago and the coaches corrected me on some things (straighten back leg, point toes, etc.) but not on my hands. Just now, I was reading about "t-shaped" hands, and apparently, nearly everybody uses this. Is it wrong to have your hands just side by side...
  4. B

    sweaty hands and feet?

    when i do gymnastics, my hands and feet are pretty sweaty but this is usually just a issue during beam. when i step on the beam and start walking, you can see my footsteps from the sweat. does anyone have a solution for this? do you now if titegrip works or have anyother product suggestions...
  5. aerialriver

    Use of trampoline or tumble track for teaching back hand springs good or bad?

    I am trying to get other people thoughts on this issue. It has been bothering me for a while. Do you feel it is useful to use a tumble track or trampoline as the first place to learn a back hand spring? I am talking about older kids/teens/adults that do not do any other type of gymnastics...
  6. J

    Hand placement for BHS on beam

    I have noticed 2 different methods: (1) hands one in front of the other with the front hand pointing towards the end of the beam (2) both hands facing the same direction with all fingers pointing to the same side of the beam. Is one of these methods preferable or is it up to the individual to...
  7. shadow

    how to shift hands in clear hip

    our level 7 girls desperately need help with this. their hands just seem to "float" over the bar and when i tell them to shift their hands they tell me they do not know how and/or when to do it. does anyone have a solution for this?!! their clear hips could be much better if they can get this...
  8. M

    Tips on doing better back hand springs

    My daughter is a level 5 with a beautiful floor routine, EXCEPT her Back Hand Springs. She bends her knees and arms, and sometimes her feet are not quite together. Her coach does NOT want her to do additional practice (private lessons) on the skill b/c she is afraid it will burn her out...
  9. gymgurl

    Which Hand?

    Ok stupid question i know but how do i know which hand to put the grip on? like does the strap face outwards or inwards or how do i tell?
  10. E

    Tsukahara Hand Placement

    I have a gymnast who moved from another gym with yurchenko fear issues so we're on a path to tsuks. It's been a little while since I've had to be technical with tsuks. Back in the days of the "twinkie" vault (vault horse instead of table), I competed layout tsuks and tsuk fulls so the concept...
  11. Deanna

    Offically has Gymnast's Hands (pics)

    Last week while on bars, Kadee's thumbnail (on the side where it connects to the side of her thumb) pulled loose. Her HC told her that a sign of a true gymnast is rough, tough hands, that always has blisters, callauses, rips, tears, ect. Well tonight when I picked her up, she comes running over...
  12. B

    Sprained hand, just in time for first day of class

    Not a serious injury at all, just a sprained hand from training my yurchenko tuck full (switching the layout). It doesn't seem like a big deal, but I was told to keep it wrapped. Today is our first day of classes, and of course I can't sign. Oops. It's like a gymnastics injury that caused me to...
    • bribri514
    • Thread
    • class hand sprained
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Chalk Bucket
  13. L

    Hand position for backhandspring?

    Yesterday after practice my daughter said that the coaches were asking the girls to do their ROBH and BH with their hands turned in slightly (for the the RO part and the BH part). My daughter is finding this difficult since she never really did them that way before. She just moved up from...
  14. A

    Tiger Paws vs Golden Hands vs ?

    Hi everyone! I am looking into wrist supports because my right wrist gets really tender when I tumble (I'm a 22 year old average sized person, I shouldn't be surprised!) but I'm not sure what to buy. Of course I've heard of Tiger Paws and I know they do have the option of buying just one...
  15. coachmolly

    Coaches Hand Placement for Cartwheels

    Just curious, how do you teach gymnasts to place their hands for a cartwheel on the floor? I never really thought about it before until I started working at a new gym that taught hand placement differently, so now I'm curious what methods other coaches use and why that method is preferred.
  16. mariposa

    Is using hand me down grips a definite no-no?

    These are the right size, just that they are used. They are Hot Shot grips. I was hoping for DD to try them and then I could buy her some new ones. She doesn't like her Bailies Narrow ones and on her bar at home, said these felt like she didn't "even have grips on." I have heard not...
  17. H

    Advise w/DD's hands

    My dd is 7 and a L4. She has had a lot of trouble lately with callouses and open areas on hands. We've been doing the vaseline and socks at night, as recommended by our owner/HC, but it doesn't take much for them to open back up. I know that the kids kind of have to do this and build up good...
  18. L

    Advice on standing back hand spring?

    I've actually been trying to learn a back handspring for quite some time now. More recently, I'm attempting to do one on a trampoline but still having a lot of difficult which I suspect is largely due to the fact that I'm afraid of falling on my head, lol. For some reason I end up jumping up...
    • Lifetravelsfar
    • Thread
    • hand handspring
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Question & Answer
  19. L

    Hand and finger positions

    One of the coaches at gymnastics said that you should never show the judges the palms of your hands, that in gymnastics it's considered a disrespectful thing. Was anybody else told this? It seems likes gymnasts have very strong, pointed finger positions, but ballerinas seem to have soft...
  20. MamaofEnS

    Parents Broken hand update

    As some of you may recall, my dd broke two bones in her hand in March doing a flick on the beam. Today she got her cast off. Hurray! She goes back to the gym on Monday. She has been doing conditioning since her injury, along with some floor and beam. She will have to ease into it. She is...

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