Level 8 Bars

[gymturtle14]

I was wondering if anybody could tell me what they think is the easiest Level 8 bar routine????????

[hammy]

Kip, tuck on, straddle back, kip tuck on, long hang kip, cast hand, clear hip hand, giant giant, dismount. I'm not sure if that covers all the requirements--it's been a while. I'll ask around tonight at work.

[awposey1]

My daughter did (from between bars)..kip cast, 1/2 piroutte, kip squat on, kip cast, clear hip to hand, giant giant ,full twisting dismount. I think layout flyaway would be OK too.

In our gym our level 8s now do kip cast, clear hip to hand, kip squat on, kip cast swing to 1/2 piroutette, swing to 1/2 piroutte, giant, giant flyaway.

[hammy]

I forgot about the 1/2 piroutte--also a good one.

[CoachL]

I have 2 different routines that my 8's do.

Kip cast, squat on, jump to hb, free hip hand, giant, blind change, front giant 1/2, double back/layout/full.

or

starting between bars kip cast piro, free hip, kip cast squat on, jump to hb, giant, giant, lay/double/full. (tends to be easiest)

[gymgymgymnast08]

um cut catch kip free hip kip squat on uprise free hip flyaway. thats what I did before I got my giants. It worked in the YMCA league. I got a 9 with it. lol

[beamqueen40]

my routine was pretty easy. Start in between the bar and do a kip clearhip to hand, pirroute, kip, pike on. Then long hang kip, clear hip to hand, giant, giant, layout fly. It's easy and covers all requirements.

[Jojogymgirl]

EASY skills that you can combine or do alone:
-free hip to handstand aka clear hip
-half pirouette (you would start facing the low bar with your back to the high bar) (TURNING)
-straddle back aka counterswing (RELEASE)
-NOT COMMON...drop down from high bar to low bar aka "drop down kip" YouTube - Olga Strazheva - 1988 Olympics Team Compulsories - Bars *it's the second thing she does, you can jump to high bar and then immediately go to low bar though

INTERMEDIATE skills that you can combine or do alone:
-bail*cannot do hndstd b/c it will be of D value and will void routine, from hor. cast to handstand catch or handstand cast to hor. catch is fine* aka overshoot (RELEASE)
-EVERYONE FORGETS THESE!!! THIS CAN BE A RELEASE SKILL FOR THE ROUTINE! toe-up aka toe-shoot aka toe-shoot to high aka toe catch aka chinese sit up (you put your feet on the low bar from a handstand either on the sides of your hands, in the middle, or one at a time in the middle and then take them off and catch the high bar and kip) *instead of squat on (RELEASE)
-toe-hand aka toe on toe off to handstand aka toe to handstand (like a free hip but your feet go on the bar on the sides of your hands, in the middle, or in the middle one by one)
-stalder (circle around the bar in a straddle then come to handstand) see youtube
-uprise to horizontal (swing so that your body comes up to horizontal)
DIFFICULT:
-blind change (TURNING)
-front giant, straight body or straddled
-front giant half (half pirouette out of front giant)
-hop (hop hands to front support grip, meets requirement, C value) (RELEASE)
-hop 1/2 (hop hands to front support than 1/2 pir. , C value) (RELEASE)
-mixed grip blind *C value* (blind to one hand mix gripped to other reg. then change mixed grip)
DISMOUNTS-
Easy: back layout
Intermediate: back layout 1/2
back layout 1/1
Hard: front layout (from hop or front giants)
back double tuck

Just make sure you meet all of your requirements, I hope this helps!

[hawks09]

Some of our level 8s do this bar routine: (starting inbetween the bars) kip, 1/2 piro, freehip, kip, squat-on, kip, giant, giant, flyaway.