Tag Archives: Gymnastics Grips

Blood and Grips

Gymnast’s hands rip and bleed and the blood gets on their grips. If they don’t want blood on their grips, here are some possible ways to remove the blood. Continue reading

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The Treatment of Rips on Gymnast’s Hands

Learn dozens of tips on how best to treat rips and blisters as well as how to train with these common gymnastics injuries. Continue reading

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Dowel Grips Vs. Regular Grips

Coach Howard helps a level 5 gymnast through the decision process for choosing a set of gymnastics grips and beginning training with them. Continue reading

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Avoiding Gymnastics Rips – Hand Care and Rip Treatment Products

A long list of gymnastics rip and hand care products that can help you avoid gymnastics rips as well as how to use them, and where to get them. Continue reading

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Preventative Hand Care for Gymnasts

Horror stories of bad rips and what you can do to prevent them. Through proper training and hand care most, and maybe even all, rips can be prevented. Continue reading

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6 Tips on Caring for Your Gymnastics Grips

Gymnastics grips are a relatively expensive piece of gymnast personal equipment. These six tips will help you protect and get the most out of your grips. Continue reading

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How to Break In Your Gymnastics Grips

There is a surprising amount involved in breaking in a new pair of gymnastics grips. This article will help you get started off on the right foot, er hand. Continue reading

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Wearing Gymnastics Grips?

Subject: rips Dear Coach, My daughter has been doing gymnastics for almost 3 years. She couldn’t get her kip. She used her grips so she wouldn’t get rips or blisters. One day she tried to do her kip without the … Continue reading

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Grips or Rips?

Subject: Rips! Dear Coach, My daughter has been doing gymnastics for almost 3 years. She couldn’t get her kip. She used her grips so she wouldn’t get rips or blisters. One day she tried to do her kip without the … Continue reading

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Get A Grip

Subject: Dowel grips vs. regular grips Dear Coach, My daughter is a level 5 gymnast and may move to level 6 very shortly. She does not currently use grips. However, it appears at level 6, our gym has the girls … Continue reading

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