I’ve built many a crappy pommel bucket. They turn out like this one.
The best I’ve seen is the one at my club, Altadore Gymnastics.
larger version – flickr
This is the most recent of many variations built by coach Physical Ed Vincent.
The bucket sits in a “twisting belt“.
It’s connected by 2 carabiners, one on either side of the belt. That cable runs up and through the last link in the roof chain.
Most critical of all is the heavy duty boxing swivel mounted to the roof. (Without this swivel, the chain will twist and shorten as the gymnast does circles.)
Click through to flickr for more photos.
I post these for Don Anweiler in Iceland who is looking to build one.
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I’ll have to try that. I have an old twisting belt laying around that hasn’t been used in years.
Are those home-made pommels?
Yes, the floor pommels were made by Ed too.
Only the pommels themselves were purchased commercially.
the only thing I haven’t seen done is the last which is intriguing. I don’t think we had any spare twisting belts to use as such and it’s not cost effective to just buy one for a bucket.
I remember using one of these (many) years ago at my all girls gymnastics club! For some reason we had a set of p bars too, but no beam!
Needless to say, I did not go on to become a champion
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