Wrist protection

[Cooleo111]

I guess I'm starting to improve my form because my bottom arm's wrist hurts from collapsing it. Is there any easy, cost-effective way of protecting your wrist during the vault, or should I go out and buy an armband?

[rainbowgirl28]

Just buy a cheap wristband and see if that is enough protection for you. They're not expensive.

[fx]

Adams youth football forearm pads, or some other combination of those words. Pretty good costs like $10 for a pair of them but u only need one. Works pretty well.

[Cooleo111]

yea i just went out and bought a cheap pair or wrist bands for 3 bucks...they aren't very big but we'll see how they do

[VaultBrad]

or you could just suck it up and rock the battle wounds proudly

[bvpv07]

If you look for them *maybe at a gymnastics facility or somewhere that carries that kind of equipment* the wrist bands that guys wear are much longer since they need protection when they are on pbars.

If you want to splurge a bit, you can buy the neoprene wrist bands that they sell for gymnasts.

Personally, I just put some tape on it if it starts to bleed. I mean, no sense in getting blood on the pole tape.

[Ming3r]

Last couple days I've been using tape.

However, fair warning that you may lose some hair on your wrist from it...

[bvpv07]

Try prewrap first if you're worried about that.....or, if it is an open wound, you could always put a band-aid on that part. If you don't have prewrap, try backtaping it before you tape it the normal way.