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Vivianflips
Now that I'm no longer doing competitive gymnastics do I dare ask this question. Is having gymnasts hang from the high bar as a punishment something that your gym does? This was common practice in the competitive team groups at my gym. Girls would have to hang for things such as falling and bobbles on beam, not doing enough 'good' vaults, or not being able to do a skill that the coach thought they should be able to do etc. Hang times varied anywhere from one minute to ten! I personally STRONGLY disagree with this practice as I do not believe it really accomplishes anything good. This is one of the many reasons why I choice to stop competing, I was constantly afraid to ever make mistakes, fall, or not be able to do a skill just yet because I might have to hang from the bar. I really hope this is just something crazy that my gym does because it certainly is not appropriate. Those minutes spent hanging could be spent fixing the problem at hand rather than punishing us for it.