Men Kohei Uchimura HB World Championships

[Flipz]

firs off, wow! Kohei is an amazing athlete as everyone can see, but has anyone noticed his grips? Watching a video feed on Youtube I paused on a close up of his hands and he swings with 2 hole grips? Is he swinging Ring grips or even uneven bar grips? Does anyone know for sure?

YouTube - Kohei Uchimura wins World Championship - from Universal Sports

I froze it at 1:43

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

firs off, wow! Kohei is an amazing athlete as everyone can see, but has anyone noticed his grips? Watching a video feed on Youtube I paused on a close up of his hands and he swings with 2 hole grips? Is he swinging Ring grips or even uneven bar grips? Does anyone know for sure?

YouTube - Kohei Uchimura wins World Championship - from Universal Sports

I froze it at 1:43

Whoah, I never noticed this! How bizzarre.

It looks to me like he is using 3-hole grips -- but only putting his fingers through 2 of the holes, and putting his index finger on the outside of the grips.

 

[Flipz]

That would make more sense, I just thought it was strange

 

[coachreavis]

You guys ever notice Chen Yibing used high bar grips in his recent world gold ring routine.

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

You guys ever notice Chen Yibing used high bar grips in his recent world gold ring routine.

Got a video link?

 

[coachreavis]

YouTube - CHEN Yibing still ring World gymnastic 2010 team final

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

YouTube - CHEN Yibing still ring World gymnastic 2010 team final

Whoah, you're definitely right.

 

[CreateMagic]

Why do men use different grips? We don't have a MAG team at the gym, so I have zero experience with that.

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

It has to do with the shape of the rings and the type of swing.

On high bar, the hands have to be able to slide around the bar. Also, the bar is straight.

On rings, the hands are (in theory) fixed; there's little or no slide. Also, the rings are curved.

What this means is that rings end up needing a thicker but shorter dowel to allow the best possible grip.

That's my understanding, anyway.

 

[CreateMagic]

Thanks! That makes sense.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

from last weeks japanese nationals:

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and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbaS1ym_ouI&feature=player_profilepage

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

This guy.... he's just not human. That's all there is to it.