Parents Home bar

[Flipmom2]

Hello hoping for some help. We just got rid of an inexpensive metal bar and purchased a tumbl trak Junior pro because of so many recommendations in this group.. I wanted my daughter to have a sturdy heavy duty bar to practice at home as she’s now training level 3 and it was very wobbly.
She has been having trouble with the front hip circle and pretty much had it on the old bar and can do it about 1 in 4 times at the gym but she can’t get it at all on this new bar. She probably tried 100x. It’s very slippery. Does anyone have this problem and how did you fix it? Did you find the tumbl track pro similar to the gym bar?

 

[JBS]

That's a good home bar... but no... it's nothing like a gym bar. If it's slippery... just wear chalk.

 

[ORgymmom]

We have the same bar from Covid times when everything was shut down. It’s a great bar, but my daughter agreed to retire it once she got to level 4, and even then it was already mostly a drying rack for laundry.

I think the only skill that ever felt the same on it as at the gym was her back hip circle and her pullover. She complained a lot about how different it felt for front hip circle and kipping and she ended up using it only for conditioning and casts and taking swinging breaks when she was supposed to be doing homework.

Anyway, in general we learned that a skill that got to about 80% on the home bar usually showed up at the gym 1-2 weeks later. It was great for those times when her workout group was huge and she never felt like she got enough turns. And when her kip briefly went on vacation, she invented some kind of elaborate contraption out of nylon webbing belts that helped her get it back. But please don’t ever try that or tell her coaches!

 

[CoachPow]

And when her kip briefly went on vacation, she invented some kind of elaborate contraption out of nylon webbing belts that helped her get it back. But please don’t ever try that or tell her coaches!

Hey, if it works, you'll have a hard time finding a coach that will argue-especially with kips! Heck, you should videotape and share. (We found a way to utilize orange Home Depot refrigerator moving straps to help learn kips, so no judgement there!)

 

[SuperDad7]

We have this bar. Although my kid’s in mag and doesn’t train front hip circles, he somehow teaches himself baby giants, squat ons, and lots of straddle pike dismounts.

All this to say the mag bar is very different than that bar however, he hasnt complained except for its not tall enough.

In terms of the front hip circles, another gymnast in our family who used to be the original owner of our jr bar pro bar, found it difficult to perform that skill on the home bar practically until her level 3 season started. The lack of bounce in the bar means u gotta rely more on strength and technique which meant at the gym, she was able to achieve the circle with straight arms easily.

This bar is a good and expensive bar. You really cant go wrong. Please please please make sure your gymnast is supervised while she uses the bar. Accidents happen especially in this sport.

Happy practicing!