Parents Floor bar recommendation

[Sebastian12]

Any floor bar recommendations for practicing cast handstand and pirouette at home besides the Tumbltrack one? Thanks!

 

[JBS]

For a pirouette I would recommend this one...

Floor Bar

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For cast handstands I would not recommend a bar for the home unless you have some experience in coaching them... and in that case... I would not recommend a home bar... I would recommend a club level bar. There are so many variables... like the power and weight of the athlete.

 

[JBS]

As a coach I like this drill... starting at 2:23 in the video...



You can use that floor bar above... depending on the size of the athlete... either the 24" or 30" barrel.

Here are the barrels with cradles...

Air Barrel and Cradles Package

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[JBS]

Here it is again...



We have both the 24" and 30" barrels with cradles at the gym. They always stay cradled... we do this drill all the time.

 

[JBS]

REMEMBER... THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND IS VERY DANGEROUS!

for practicing cast handstand

I am the typical crazy person... so if I didn't have access to a gym... I would be more in this mode...



Much lower with thick mats for cast handstands though.

 

[JBS]

Here is a three years later video...



I personally think the bar may be a little long and at risk of buckling... so I would probably put the uprights closer together.

 

[JBS]

Here is some more for you...

DIY Floor Bar

And from former National Team Director Tom Forster...

 

[JBS]

And the video that Tom was talking about in his video...



Probably all more than anyone wants... but there you go.

 

[Gymnastics15]

My daughter has one from Z athletics, it was around $100, very nice quality, it is a steel bar. Don't know if that makes a difference for you or not. my daughter is WAG, and even though she doesn't use a steel bar, she still likes it a lot!

 

[GymnastMomX2]

My husband built my daughter a floor bar super quickly and cheaply during covid when the gyms were closed. If you’re even a little bit handy it’s doable.

 

[Sebastian12]

And the video that Tom was talking about in his video...



Probably all more than anyone wants... but there you go.

Thanks for all the recs!! We are definitely not handy people and she doesn’t practice on high bars at home at all. She has her cast handstand down without spot in the gym but struggles with consistency at comps.

 

[Sebastian12]

My husband built my daughter a floor bar super quickly and cheaply during covid when the gyms were closed. If you’re even a little bit handy it’s doable.

Ugh great idea! But we are not handy at all, lol!

 

[Sebastian12]

My daughter has one from Z athletics, it was around $100, very nice quality, it is a steel bar. Don't know if that makes a difference for you or not. my daughter is WAG, and even though she doesn't use a steel bar, she still likes it a lot!

Interesting! I guess it will be similar to the playground bars

 

[Gymnastics15]

Interesting! I guess it will be similar to the playground bars

Yes, but just as thick as a wooden bar!