Parents Strap Bar Gloves?

[jillc]

My DD just finished her competition season and is now starting to work on new drills.

The last 2 practices she has done some drills on the strap bar and it seems to be killing her hands.

Are strap bar gloves a thing? Would they help? If so, what do I buy and where do I find them?

She is 12 and just finished Level 8 if that matters.

 

[MuggleMom]

Our gym has them buy cheap cotton gloves...think the $2 stretchy gloves at target in the winter.... you can usually find them easily in winter time but probably on amazon year round. Thats if its a metal bar....

 

[Deleted member 18037]

Bare hands or grips which is what they use on the actual bars

 

[Deleted member 18037]

And bar up training means it’s rip season

 

[JBS]

The last 2 practices she has done some drills on the strap bar and it seems to be killing her hands.

Is she doing strap bar with a PVC tube or with gloves?

 

[jillc]

Good question — I had to ask.
She says PVC.

 

[JBS]

Good question — I had to ask.
She says PVC

Are her hands hurting… or her wrists? Strap bar isn’t really hard on the hands. In fact… we do it to save the hands… or when their hands are all hurting.

 

[jillc]

Are her hands hurting… or her wrists? Strap bar isn’t really hard on the hands. In fact… we do it to save the hands… or when their hands are all hurting.

Her hands. She got a huge rip and and a blood blister right in the middle of her hand.

 

[GymnastMomX2]

I think gloves are only used when you don’t use a PVC. Never heard of strap bar being hard on hands. Hmm

 

[jillc]

Maybe it was other new skills that were hard on her hands?? I asked if it was for sure strap bar and she said she wasn’t sure.