Coaches Hand Guard question

[Art]

Hi all,

I have 2 male gymnasts who have just bought their first handguards for high bar.
The first gymnast is fine, his guards are same size as the ones I use so know exactly how it fits, and he has adjusted fast.

Second gymnast is a bit harder. His hands are smaller, and is struggling a bit.
I took a look, and seems when I use the guards, hanging on the bar, the dowel is pressed between my fingers and bar, back towards my palm. When my second gymnast hangs, his fingers are only just on the dowel, and they are pushing it against the bar, but on a diagonal angle towards the ground instead of across.


Sorry, hope you can understand that description. I should have taken photos to help show what I mean.

The only way I can think of getting his fingers pushing the dowel back to his palms and fingers further over the bar, is to grind the finger holes a bit bigger.

With myself it sits just under the first knuckle. Its same position with him currently. Should we get his to come further down to the second knuckle?

Thought I would check before doing it as you cant make the finger holes smaller if it didn't work.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

yes. it's simple. i have a post about this somewhere in the site.

go slow. roll up a piece of sandpaper like a cigar. stick it in the hole and rotate clockwise then counterclockwise. slow, slow and slow. inch by inch...step by step...until you can move it down snugly on that 1st digit. again, nice and slow...little by little.