Gymnasts Fear of peeling

[Pricess_leia]

Recently I peeled off the high bar at the top of my kip. The last few weeks I have felt really insecure on bars, high bar especially. Like I feel like I’m going to peel. Could this be a problem of my grips? My grip strength? Technique? I use water, the scraper and lots of chalk between every turn. My grips do feel pretty smooth, but they are not very thin, and I have had them for about a year and a half. I used to win little challenges of ‘how long can you hang on the bar’, but I usually feel the most insecure at the end of bars, which makes me think maybe it is strength. I had similar problems of feeling like I am going to peel last spring, but it went away without me doing anything. This time feels worse though, and I actually did peel. It is making me really scared to do bars, which is stressing me out, because my first comp is in a couple weeks. Any suggestions or shared experience is appreciated. Thx!

 

[glitterrays]

Recently I peeled off the high bar at the top of my kip. The last few weeks I have felt really insecure on bars, high bar especially. Like I feel like I’m going to peel. Could this be a problem of my grips? My grip strength? Technique? I use water, the scraper and lots of chalk between every turn. My grips do feel pretty smooth, but they are not very thin, and I have had them for about a year and a half. I used to win little challenges of ‘how long can you hang on the bar’, but I usually feel the most insecure at the end of bars, which makes me think maybe it is strength. I had similar problems of feeling like I am going to peel last spring, but it went away without me doing anything. This time feels worse though, and I actually did peel. It is making me really scared to do bars, which is stressing me out, because my first comp is in a couple weeks. Any suggestions or shared experience is appreciated. Thx!

talk to ur coach, them knowing u will help them be able to help u

 

[Dahlialover]

You should be breaking in a second pair of grips at this point. Do that and you’ll know if The grips are the issues.