hand RIPS are injuries

Smarter gymnasts and coaches suffer less lost time due to rips.

Some are avoidable.

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Horizontal Bar – preventing griplock

Over the years I’ve seen griplock injuries 2 or 3 times. Never to one of my own gymnasts, happily.

Grip lock is a … injury that rarely occurs in gymnastics …

Athletic trainers and therapists should become familiar with the cubital grip positions that place gymnasts at high risk for grip lock injury and carefully observe performances
on the high bar in men’s gymnastics …

Grip lock injury may be prevented through education of gymnasts and their coaches …

griplock

Epke’s 24 release series 😀

Somebody VIDEO edited Epke’s Cassina-Kovacs-Kolman-Gaylord II into a longer sequence.

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Noah Royer – P Bars & H Bar

2023 CDN Nationals.

Coach Markos Baikas.

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.