Editing Horizontal bar (section)

==Grips==
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How a gymnast grasps the horizontal bar is called the ''grip'' (not to be confused with the suede leather grips worn on the hands). Each grip is commonly used for a particular set of skills. When gymnasts compete on the horizontal bar, they are often required by the [[Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)|Code of Points]] to use specific grips.

* The '''overhand grip''', or ''regular grip'', is the standard grip used for the horizontal bar. On the overhand grip, the hands circle the bar with the backs of the hands facing the gymnast.<ref>Bill Sands and Mike Conklin, ''Everybody's Gymnastics Book'', (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966), 42.</ref>
*A ''dorsal grip'' (also known as the dorsal hang) is an overhand grip employed while the gymnast's legs pass through the arms into a "skin the cat" position.<ref name=Sands>Sands and Conklin, 42.</ref> The overhand grip is used in giant swings, and the dorsal grip in German Giant Swings.<ref>Newton C. Loken and Robert J. Willoughby,''The Complete Book of Gymnastics,'' 6th ed., (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1977), 200.</ref>
* The ''reverse grip'' and ''underhand grip'', is the opposite of the overhand grip. The palms of the hands face the gymnast. This grip is similar to the grip used in chin-ups. Forward giant swings are among the skills that use this grip.
* The ''elgrip'' is also an ''underhand grip'', In an ''elgrip'' or ''L-Grip'' or eagle grip a gymnasts hands are turned 180 degrees outward from an over grip. Thumbs are turned out, but in the opposite direction of an undergrip. This position requires flexible shoulders to swing comfortably.
* The '''mixed grip''' combines the overhand and underhand grips with one hand in each position. This grip can be used to gain more height on release skills.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/teachingfundamen0000mitc|url-access=registration|quote=gymnastics horizontal bar  mixed grip.|title=Teaching Fundamental Gymnastics Skills|last1=Mitchell|first1=Debby|last2=Davis|first2=Barbara|last3=Lopez|first3=Raim|date=2002|publisher=Human Kinetics|isbn=9780736001243|pages=[https://archive.org/details/teachingfundamen0000mitc/page/237 237]|language=en}}</ref>
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File:PB230185.JPG|Mixed grip
File:PB230183.JPG|Overhand grip
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