opposable thumb on Bars

You don’t see many female gymnasts keeping thumb around the rail on 360 degree swings.

Here’s one. A College gymnast.

It’s more common on forward giants than backward.

Bars guru Tom Forster is now advocating that small girls should try to learn swinging skills with their thumbs around the Bar.

Thumb tape highly recommended.

Interesting idea. But start with a “pencil rail” (perfectly round rather than oval) if you can possibly get one.

I’m not convinced we’ll see this catching on much soon. But the more female gymnasts use their thumbs on casts and turns in handstand, the better.

That all comes via Gymnast Crossing which has much more detailed discussion.

If you have comments, leave them there.

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