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Can she progress in palm grips????![]()
But she was "comfortable" & didn't want to "mess with a good thing" back then....now she's too comfortable & can't bring herself to switch to dowels. Can she progress in palm grips????![]()
Hmm yeah sounds like what I have (not in size 0). The 501s? (I have buckle). To be honest I know a lot of people who don't like them, although I do (I'm only on my second pair right now, although the stitching is wearing away). Or rather, I'm used to them. The kind I am I thinking of are the Link Removed. It looks like they now have the ten-o 501s in a slim cut (seems pretty new, don't recall this from a couple years back but I got my last pair about 5 years ago when I was training level 8). They're calling them Link Removed They come in velcro too it seems. I prefer buckle and I think it's not a bad idea to start with the buckles, they don't come undone as much, but it's pretty much personal preference (my coaches require buckle though).
Yes, they are. She has taught herself a lot of skills, which has allowed her to skip from L2 to L4. She already has all of the L3 skills from teaching herself.
She had the complete L4 bars routine before they introduced the grips. That messed her up. Since we've told her she doesn't have to use them, she's found a renewed excitement about bars. She's been practicing all weekend, she's so happy.
I think these are the same as my dd's. They are the buckle 501-12 (also 0's like the OP). All of our girls wear them (coach required at our gyms pre-team level) and they seem to like them, no complaints - although our coach customizes some, and my gymmie has such tiny fingers the holes have to be taped. All of our gymnasts have great bars so guess they work for us![]()
Oh yeah, they work fine (I've been using them for quite some time), but they don't break in as easy as some other brands in my experience. I had one pair from L5 (very rarely used though, until L6) to L8, and then I've had a pair from 8 until now. I don't know why the second pair has held up better, except in L7 we used to go to bars multiple times a practice and then I switched a kind of less competitive program the last two years so maybe I did end up doing less swinging overall. Once I switched back to my original gym I had worn the stitching off them real quick, although I think they'll last a little longer (I don't use them that much now).
I have never met a single coach from rec to competitive that was OK with this kind of practice at home. Very surprising.
Well, they've never told her not to and they've never told me that she's doing skills wrong or that it's messing up her practice. She's actually always been complimented on her terrific form, especially on bars and beam, both of which she practices at home. What it is doing is making her stronger, making her hands tougher and giving her tons of confidence at practice (when grips aren't involved, that is).
If she just started training Level 4, why is she jumping to the high bar anyway? Are they uptraining already?
I have never met a single coach from rec to competitive that was OK with this kind of practice at home. Very surprising.
Our coach encouraged us to practice at home. 3 of the girls on my team have low beams at home that they bought through the gym. Sometimes our coach will give us a certain skill she wanted us to work on at home too.
my dd seems to move along just fine with her assigned gym time![]()