Women Kips

[Jard.the.gymnast]

So, i'm getting my kip on low bar more and more consistent and i want to work kips on high bar. Is there a difference between how a low bar and high bar kip should be performed?

 

[duyetanh]

Ask your coach

 

[Jard.the.gymnast]

My coach doesn't have experience with that, she is a substitude...

 

[gfgymnast]

low bar is from a pike or straddle glide swing, high bar is from a tight straight body jump, but the rest is the same

 

[ayyyrial]

It is quite similar except that the timing is a little different because you are coming from a bigger swing. Make sure that you keep a hollow body when you are jumping to the high bar for the kip. You don't want to tap (like for a tap swing) if you're doing a kip, but just keep that tight hollow body shape. You will feel that the timing is different, it feels a bit different, but it's still the same skill.

 

[duyetanh]

Ask your coach when he/she returns.

 

[Jard.the.gymnast]

Ask your coach when he/she returns.

Probably after summer break. My new coach is great, but she doesn't know that much about bars, at least i don't understand her when she talks about the technique on bars

 

[CoachTodd]

When you jump from low to high bar stay hollow. from that point act like your feet are kind of stuck in the mud. you will slowly straighten as you move under the bar. Start to push the bar back so your shoulders are opening as you glide (the same way they open for glide kips). At this point you will be is a slight arch, do the kip from here. It's kind of hard to describe on a forum but I hope that makes sense.