high bar
Gymnastics apparatus overhead
High bar names the highest level of expectation or achievement against which something is measured.
To set a high bar is to establish demanding standards; to clear a high bar is to meet them.
The phrase implies difficulty: That's a high bar to clear.
In gymnastics, the high bar is the horizontal bar apparatus—a steel rail elevated above the floor for swinging routines.
Secure manual hold
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- releaseTo let go
- dismountGet off something ridden
- routineRegular sequence of actions
giants · chalk · pirouette · jaeger · mount · amplitude · handstand · flyaway
Belief about future outcomes
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
quality · performance · aspiration · criterion · goal · measure · rigor · demand
grip
Secure manual hold
routine · giants · chalk · pirouette · jaeger · mount · amplitude · handstand · flyaway · cast
expectation
Belief about future outcomes
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- thresholdPoint of beginning
achievement · quality · performance · aspiration · criterion · goal · measure · rigor · demand · ambition
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- acrobaticsacrobat, tumbling, somersault, cartwheel, handstand
- indoor sportsgymnastics, basketball, volleyball, badminton, judo
- Olympic equipmentjavelin, discus, shot put, barbell, balance beam
- Standards & Benchmarksbenchmark, yardstick, gold standard, litmus test, acid test
- gymnastics equipmentbalance beam, uneven bars, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings
high barlow bar
Undemanding criterion
floor exercise · floor · vault · pommel horse · balance beam
high barlow bar
Undemanding criterion
low expectations · bare minimum · rock bottom · anything goes