Q&A for How to Do a Kip

Do some abs work outs like v snaps, tuck snaps, straddle snaps, sit ups. Hold you feet to the bar for 1 minute and do lots of kips. Try your hardest to keep your feet up. Don't give up.

Get a pbc pipe, a heavy stuffed animal and some string/yarn. Tie the stuffed animal to the string and then the end of the string to the pipe. Then, put your arms out straight and shift your wrists.

Try getting someone to spot you and straighten your back. Once you think you can do it without an arched back, try it on your own. Remember, practice makes perfect. Don't forget that! You will get there in the end.

Try pull-ups, leg-lifts, and rope climbs. You will also need strong abdominal muscles, so make sure you do ab exercises every day.

You jump to the bar, put your toes to the bar and shoot your legs out and push up with all of your strength.

Yes, strong arms will help you learn to do a kip.

You have to be able to do a chin up and a leg lift. Once you have got those skills you just do a chin up with arms bent and then lift your legs over and push tall. Then you will have done a pullover.

A pike up in a kip is when your legs stay together in a pike position while kipping.

Try not to get your hips too near the bar. Instead, try to stop when your toes touch the bar and your momentum will probably bring you to touch your shins.

Practice pulling yourself to the bar. For example; stand on a box or the ground put your hands on the bar and jump your hips to the bar. Do this a few times until you get the momentum and remember it's one of the hardest skills to get on bars so it might take a bit but never give up.

Not necessarily. The springboard makes it easier for beginners, but you don't have to use one.

Work on your wrist muscles. If you use them more, you will be able to shift better.

Try getting more momentum in the swing, or lifting your legs up earlier. It's OK if in your first few tries you have to wiggle your legs to get over the bar; try just doing the motion more, more swing, more power, roll your hands forward quickly and push your body close to the bar at the very last second, so you don't lose momentum. If it still doesn't work, consider building your arm and strength.

Try to get a lot of more momentum. Go into a swing and remember to keep an ‘L’ shape as your body, especially your legs.

Ask your coach to help you prepare for your meet. If they can't, just try to get some work in on your own time so you feel comfortable with your routine.

Use your arm muscles to push yourself up. Remember to work on your strength. Remember also to keep your legs in a pike, let the tip of your toes touch the bar and push yourself up with all your strength.

Learn to keep your shoulders straight. You need a lot of strength in your abs to do a perfect kip.

Tell her to jump into her kip. Not a standing kip. If she is on the low bar trying to do a kip on the high bar, tell her to jump her highest onto the high bar.

Mostly, you need your core muscles and all of your arm muscles, especially for shifting your wrists.

Ask a parent or sibling to hold it down, or put some weights or heavy items on the sides of the bar.

Your chest is not used much in this skill. When you glide swing, make sure not to come back too quickly. Put your ankles up to the bar, put don’t let them touch it. Use your strength in a dish shape to then pull yourself up to the bar and tense your muscles to ensure you stay there.

No, you don't. Grips just help you stay on the bar. Try without them to see if it works for you.