Klaas Bil said:*On Sun said:You should be able to
consistently static gap over 1 meter before you start to even think
about gapping bars.
Why? Gapping between bars is more about precision than about
distance.
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Yes, gapping bars are about precision, so yes, you can work on gapping
bars even while you can only gap about 50cm, it just won't be that
productive. Basically, from my experience, most gaps done on gapping
bars and their kin are done so that the gap is a front static gap. Front
static gaps are the hardest gaps to learn and get any power on (of
course that's only my opinion). I myself wasn't able to do a reasonable
front static gap until I could already sidegap about 1.2m. Basically, I
think that although most interesting trials is built around precision in
reasonbly large, but not huge moves, one should have some degree of size
to the basic moves before procceeding to make them precise. What's the
use of the ability to only gap 12" onto a 6x8, but not 18" to the top of
a pallete?
Andrew: Correct, you don't have to wait until 2', that was rather
arbitrary. Again though, a decent sized sidehop and static gap is vital
to most trials, even if these are only around 18" and 40", respectively.
Also, I think that any average person, with enough practice, can bring
their sidehop to at least 2', so I figured that number wasn't bad.
Trip: I also keep most of my lines short, with only around 2-4 main
moves and 1-2 skinnies. I like your point about learning to get moves
down so you can do them away from your course. It's one thing to land a
move in your secluded backyard, it's another entirely to land it at a
competition.
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