Bar Training Tips

All Bar Training Tips

Bar Strength

Leg Lift Flutter Kicks

Modified Leg lifts

Hollow body leg lifts on floor

Sky Memmel flex arm hand on Jr. Kip Bar

Sky Memmel level pulls on Jr. Kip Bar

Sky Memmel tuck hangs with Salty on Jr. Kip Bar

Arch-Hollow Drill on the Air Barrel

Lever Pulls

Bounce Handstand with the Air Barrel, Floor Bar and Bungee Incline

Beginning Bar Progressions

Bar Progressions for the Pull-up Pull Over

Bar Swing

Tap Swing touch wall and 1/2 turn

8 yr.old Swinging Giants

Boys using the Open Shoulder Trainer for Tap Swings

**New** Jr. Bar Pro

Air Pit Level 5 dismount off bars

Bungee Mat Training

Full Sole Circle with Bungee Mat wall

Clear Hip from 11 o'clock on bar with Bungee Mat wall

Bungee Mat Wall Clear Hip to Handstand to Uphill

Clear hip drill from 11o'clock to 11 o'clock on the bar with Bungee Matt wall

Bungee Mat Wall Clear Hip, Clear Hip to Handstand

Bungee Bar Wall practice for the Uphill

Handstand training with the Bungee Ramp and Bungee Block

Casting

Beginning Cast Handstand Drill

2 Knees on the bar with a bar pad

Climb or Cast to Squat on Bar to Dive Roll

Cast to Handstand and hold

Climb to Squat On to jump off the bar

Cast to both ankles on bar pad

Bounce Handstand over the Jr. Kip Bar using the Bungee Block

***NEW***Cast Handstand using the Cast Trainer

**New**Cast Trainer

Clear Hip Circles

Clear Hip to stand with Jr. Kip Bar

Back or Clear Hip Circle using the Jr. Kip Bar

Clear Hip Circle/Back Extension Drill

Bungee Bar Wall Station for Clear Hip Circle Drills

Flyaways

Teaching the Flyaway to Beginners using the Jr. Kip Bar

Flyaway using the Open Shoulder Trainer

Air Pit Flyaway drill

Front Hip Circle

Early Front Hip Circle drill

Front Hip Circle Drill

Handstands

Floor Bar

Visit at IGI (Todd Gardner) to try out the Quick Flex Bar

Floor Bar Handstands using the Bungee Ramp against the Wall

Blind Change Drill with the Bungee Block Wall

Beginning the Handstand on Bars with the Air Barrel

Cast Hand Stand Drill with Floor Bar and Air Barrel

Air Barrel and Floor Bar Handstand Training

Kipping

Bouncy Butt Drill using the Air Barrel

Beginning Kip Drill using the Jr. Kip Bar and the Bungee Incline

Release Skills

Tkachev drill with Bungee Mat and Pit Pillow

Early Tkachev drill using Bungee Blocks.

Learning the Cal Hop with the Air Barrel

**New**Quick Flex Bar

Bail Drill using the NEW Air Pit

Todd Gardner Drills for Bars

Blind Change Basics with the Frame Bar

Learning the Blind Change on the Floor Bar

Blind Change Drills

Bar Drills for Front Swinging Skills

Pirouette Basic Drills

Drills to Start Release Moves

Toe On Toe 0ff Drills

Uprise Drills

Heely Drills

8 yr.old Swinging Giants

Purpose: To encourage young gymnasts to swing giants.

Set up: A single rail gymnastics bar placed over the pit.

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