LOVE IT – Adjustable Trapeze Bar

  • attach to any bar or set of rings using the adjustable straps
  • obstacle courses, ninja runs, and strength training stations
  • suede-lined pads that help protect your bar
  • adjust length with steel carabiner between the layers of webbing

Details

My most important use of this product would be for Flyaway.

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That Flyaway drill would come after Swinging Rings.

Personally I like to have beginners do hundreds of Flyaways without spot before moving to the competition Bar. Doing progressions without spot builds confidence.

Click PLAY or watch Swinging Rings Flyaway on YouTube.

Finally moving to the Bar, I still wouldn’t spot.

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Somewhere in there I’d spend one day doing it on P Bars with both boys and girls.

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Doing an actual Flyaway on an actual Bar I’d delay as long as possible.

IF your gymnast hits feet on the Bar, there could be a setback. Don’t let it happen.

John Roethlisberger on NCAA Gymnastics, Olympics, & FlipFest

A great and timely interview with Olympic Trials and Paris coming up.

Entertaining and informative.

Search for that title on your favourite podcast player.

Here’s the link to The SHIFT Show with Dave Tilley on Apple Podcasts.

Suni Lee before Olympic trials

Will she qualify for Paris?

Adding this back to her Bars routine would almost certainly put her into the apparatus final.

Nabieva – Bhardwaj – Van Leeuwen

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Eythora Thorsdottir injured out of Paris

What a shame.

The fan favourite was looking so good in training.

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Isabella Brett not approved for Paris

As we feared, New Zealand was too shortsighted to approve Isabella who earned Olympic qualification at the continental championship.

One more Olympian from a small nation makes a BIG difference to the sport there. Inspiring children. Improving public fitness. A good investment.

I coached a year in New Zealand and am very disappointed.

Science of Gymnastics – Yul Moldaur

Documentary from the medical point of view.

Studying Yul, in this case.

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USAG #PrideMonth

Well done USA Gymnastics.

Equal opportunity for ALL.

Laurie Hernandez on Her and Partner Charlotte Drury’s Transition From Olympic Gymnastics to the Arts (Exclusive)

Broadway – Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants is a musical based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Sara Gruen.

You might recall the 2011 film adaptation with Reese Witherspoon.

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The Double Back with kentiemac – gymnastics podcast went backstage to interview some of the performers. Circus is a great career option for former gymnasts and acrobats.

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Gymnastics on Broadway – Water for Elephants

Happy Juneteenth

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. 

More important than ever as some right wing American politicians are trying to erase slavery from the history books. Looking at you, Florida.

All gymnasts should have an equal opportunity to participate and compete.