everyone's done it

[tumblerK]

Crotching the beam on a leap. I'm pretty sure almost every gymnast has done it at least once in their career. Am I right??

[Tumblequeensmom]

Yep!

My DD "split the beam" really badly last summer... fell off to her side and did NOT move for at least 10 minutes... SCARY!

[I-Heart-Beam]

Yeah- did it yesterday morning. That is the only way to cheer yourself up on Saturday morning when you really can't be bothered being at gym .

[gracefulone]

yeah, I actually did it in front of one of my guy friends! It was so funny, seeing his face. And then getting right back up.

[gymgymgymnast08]

at least like 20 times....... lol we call it straddling the beam not crotching it..... lol

[gymgymgymnast08]

my whole team has like all these bruises. someone will be like what happened? then we'll just be like oh I was on beam last night lol

[NYgymfan]

There are really good reasons why men don't do beam...this is one of them .

Just the thought of it is painful enough...

[pecelovgynastics]

ya umm i did it and my leg turned purple the next day i had a meet and the burse matched my purple leos i got compliments

[chalkbowl]

I never did it on a leap....but I did it coming down from a handstand hahaha.

Splitting the beam on a leap results from twisted hips, if the hips are squint in splits on the floor, they will be quint in the air. This causes the body to lean to one side and therefore the gymnast splits the beam

Another common cause of this is gymnasts with inturned feet, if a gymnast lands on the beam with a turned in foot they can split the beam.