Budget trampoline bar & more!

I took a ratchet trailer tie-down, covered it with pipe insulation + duct tape, put it over the tramp bar and BOOM now I have a trampoline bar for like $20 from the hardware store (much cheaper than the retail product). I realized that the entire strap really needs to be padded. After filming the demonstrators, I covered the rest of the strap with $1 fun noodles. This thing is awesome, you can do giant drills, blind changes, pirouettes, etc. The girls who are bouncing to their feet are learning the first steps towards a tkatchev. The attempt at back handspring and catch the bar is for pak saltos. The best part of this drill is the fact that it's soft and doesn't hurt to fall on it like a real bar. This was our first day using this piece of equipment and I purposely show kids falling onto it. If the kids aren't afraid of crashing, they don't hold back as much and are more willing to try scarier things.

At the end, you'll see A nice giant flyaway, done by herself for the first time, another kid trying a giant by herself over the pit and and awesome shootover to handstand.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Gymnastics
• Coachben
• Uneven
• Bars
• Drills
• Trampoline
• flex
• bar

[CalStargym]

what are the things on the side, and how high should i get the bar off the tramp

it looks like rug but id rather just make sure, thanks!

[coachben]

@CalStargym I use carpet scraps to keep the strap off the bed of the trampoline (and to protect the padding). The beauty of the ratchet is that you can adjust the tension to accommodate for different size gymnasts. It doesn't really matter how high the bar is, but I would suggest at least 6 inches or 15 centimeters so your gymnasts don't scrape their knuckles on the bed of the trampoline.

[boysgymnastics]

Awesome

[theamazingjaide]

Can you make a tutorial on how to make this?? This is awesome!!

[minkesluiter]

great idea.... too bad we don't have a trampoline like that. ;)

[gymnastcrossing]

Outstanding idea! Thanks for sharing!