At a gymnastics coaching weekend in Brooks, Alberta, we had a lengthy discussion about prevention and (inevitable) management of rips on bars and horizontal bar.
On this site are a number of posts on that topic:
Here’s something new.
The Pickaway County YMCA Gymnastics Team:
Each gymnast must bring their own rip kit in their gym bag for every practice. This kit should include the following: nail clippers, tweezers, manicure scissors, gauze pads, Band-aids, Neosporin or an antibiotic cream, and gymnastics tape. …
Their web page has more good tips: rips
For me, prevention is the highest priority. At the clinic we did many drills on the safety strap bar, floor bar, low bar from trampoline and bar games — all of which had a low risk of hand rips.
The fewer of these we see, the better.
(via kaycie on the Gym Chat forum) – topic Community rip/nail scissors, nail clippers personal products
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