2 of our L4s compete in grips, they are both repeating L4. I have seen whole teams in grips at L4. I know at DDs gym, once you are officially in grips, you always use them. If they forget them, they don't do bars.
I wouldn't worry about it.
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Just wondering how many of those that have DD doing level 4 are in grips. DD is a cross between a repeat level 4 and a first year level 4. WI is a state in which the state meet in in Dec. DD started competing level 4 in Jan of this year, so she has yet to go to the state meet as a level 4.
Plans are for her to do level 5 starting in Jan so since last April she has been using grips on the bars. Since she and the majority of her teammates have been in grips for so long they will be competing as level 4 in grips. Not the norm around here. Just wondering what other areas do.
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Barb
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2 of our L4s compete in grips, they are both repeating L4. I have seen whole teams in grips at L4. I know at DDs gym, once you are officially in grips, you always use them. If they forget them, they don't do bars.
I wouldn't worry about it.
At our gym, it really depends on the girl. My DD started using grips in her second year of level 4 but then her coaches realized she did the routine better without them. They had her compete without grips for that meet season. My step-DD is a little older, taller and has bigger hands. She used her grips for her meet season (second year level 4). This year, they both are using them all the time.
Pretty much all our level 4's have grips.. The base level 4 routine in Australia is 2 glide swings on low bard, pullover, cast to horizontal, back hip circle, squat on jump to high bar, three swings to long hang pullover on high bar and toe shoot dismount. many of the kids get very sore hands from all the swings (2 glides on low and 3 long hangs on high), not that its a lot but when you are doing an hour on bars it can get very painful. Probably the majority of level 4's in my state wear grips.
All our team girls wear palm guards as soon as their hands are big enough - usually around age 7. They move into dowels after grade 14 if their hands are big enough. Girls who come from other clubs have to get them straight away. I have been told it is because rips can be taped under grips more successfully for competitions and it reduces the number of rips younger gymnasts have. Also at national level the bars are usually chalked up for grips and if your gymnast doesnt use them they need the bars different and it is difficult to sort that out in the limited warm up time. I know some clubs never use them.
So DD wore grips all summer working skills, when they went back to routines I know that she complained she did not like the mill circle with grips on, but now is used to it.
She did forget her grips the practice after she returned from Lake Owen and in a short bar period ripped on both hands. So now I could not imagine her without her grips.
Just need to remember another thing to have in her gym bag for meets.
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