Parents How often do grips need to be replaced?

[GymTwins]

How often should I be replacing my gymnast's grips? I have heard once a year from another parent but I wanted to get some other input.

 

[gym_dad32608]

Really no hard rule. Depends on the grip leather, the amount of use/abuse they get, how the gymnast uses them. They should be replaced whenever they begin to show signs of fatigue or failure. The gymnast generally knows when it is getting to be time. Definitely something that should be checked on a regular basis. I know gymnasts that replace them every month. Some that are 6-8 months. It is variable.

 

[GymTwins]

Really no hard rule. Depends on the grip leather, the amount of use/abuse they get, how the gymnast uses them. They should be replaced whenever they begin to show signs of fatigue or failure. The gymnast generally knows when it is getting to be time. Definitely something that should be checked on a regular basis. I know gymnasts that replace them every month. Some that are 6-8 months. It is variable.

Okay. My daughters are about a year old. She had an issue with her bars routine at competition because she felt like one of her grips wasn't doing its job. Another parent suggested it's time to get her a new pair.

 

[Gym_momma]

My daughter used her current set for the past 2 seasons. I'm expecting we will get her new ones at the end of meet season this year.

 

[gym_dad32608]

Okay. My daughters are about a year old. She had an issue with her bars routine at competition because she felt like one of her grips wasn't doing its job. Another parent suggested it's time to get her a new pair.

My thought is even if mentally they think it is potentially interfering with their grip and the grip looks fine, its time to change. Last thing you want when they are making a release move or swinging is for them to slip and ping off bar.

 

[GymTwins]

My thought is even if mentally they think it is potentially interfering with their grip and the grip looks fine, its time to change. Last thing you want when they are making a release move or swinging is for them to slip and ping off bar.

Thats a good point. I think I'll get her another set.

 

[GymnastMomX2]

My thought is even if mentally they think it is potentially interfering with their grip and the grip looks fine, its time to change. Last thing you want when they are making a release move or swinging is for them to slip and ping off bar.

This! My daughter had a scary peel of the bars a while back that ended up with a concussion and being out for 6 weeks. The grips were fairly new but I replaced them for her anyway, they were probably fine, but mentally she needed the new grips to feel safe.

 

[mom2newgymnast]

I agree it definitely varies. And the higher the level, the more frequently they may need to be replaced. I think my daughter's first pair lasted for 3 seasons (level 4-7). Levels 8 and 9 probably a year each. In level 10 though, she wears them out in a couple of months sometimes.

 

[Ty’s Dad]

She goes through four maybe five a year. Always keeps two broken in backups with her at all times.

 

[NYGymfamily]

DD buys two pairs of grips at a time after every season. Not sure how long she uses each pair for, she'll just tell me when she needs new ones, and usually that's after season.