{ "id": "balance-beam-gymnastics", "sku": "balance-beam-gymnastics", "title": "Balance Beam", "slug": "balance-beam-gymnastics", "price": 119, "currency": "GBP", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "fitness-equipment-category", "category_label": "Fitness Equipment", "tags": [ "gymnastics", "balance-beam", "folding", "kids", "eva" ], "colors": [], "materials": [ "High density EVA with a PU leather cover" ], "dimensions": "240cm long with a 10cm wide walking surface", "weight": null, "images": [ "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/main-buy-gymnastics-beam.jpg", "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/buy-balance-beam-gymnastics.jpg", "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/buy-floor-beam-gymnastics.jpg", "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/buy-foldable-gymnastics-beam.jpg", "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/buy-folding-balance-beam.jpg", "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/buy-folding-gym-beam.jpg", "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/buy-gym-beam-for-home.jpg", "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/dropship-images/fitness-equipment-category/balance-beam-gymnastics/buy-gym-beams.jpg" ], "description_short": "High density EVA under a PU leather cover, a 10cm walking surface, anti slip granules underneath and a velcro closure instead of metal catches.", "description": "The width is the skill, the height is the fear\n\nA competition beam is 10cm wide and stands 125cm off the floor.\n\nAlmost everything a gymnast learns on a beam is about the 10cm. Foot placement, line, where the eyes go, how to turn without drifting. None of that needs the height, and the height is what stops a child trying anything at all.\n\nA floor beam keeps the exact width and removes the fear, which is why clubs use them for years before anyone goes near a raised beam.\n\nLength changes what can be practised\n\nShort beams are cheap and frustrating. Two steps and a turn and you are at the end.\n\nAt 240cm there is room to link movements, which is when practice starts to look like a routine instead of a drill. It is also long enough that a child can work out how to correct a drift halfway along, which is where most beam mistakes actually happen.\n\nWhat to look for underneath\n\nTwo things decide whether a floor beam is any good, and both are on the bottom.\n\nA flat base. A rounded or ridged base rocks, and rocking teaches a child to compensate for the equipment rather than to balance.\n\nGrip. Anti slip granules on a flat base hold on wood, laminate and carpet. Any beam that travels during a turn is worse than no beam.\n\nSupervision, honestly\n\nThe page this replaced said children could practise walks, turns and flips safely.\n\nThe first two are fair. A flip is a coached skill, and a beam at floor level does not change that. What a floor beam genuinely gives you is a lower consequence for the mistakes that happen while learning the basics.\n\nStorage and life\n\nClose it with the velcro rather than creasing it. EVA remembers a sharp fold.\n\nKeep it out of the sun. PU leather dries and cracks with heat, and a beam parked in a conservatory ages fast.\n\nClean the velcro occasionally. Carpet fluff is what stops it closing firmly, and a comb sorts it in a minute.", "llm_summary": "Balance Beam, also sold as Balance Beam Gymnastics, a Gymnastics Beam or a Gym Beam For Home, from The Outdoor Sports Company at myoutdoorsports.co.uk. A floor level gymnastics beam, 240cm long with a 10cm wide walking surface, which is the standard competition beam width. Price GBP 119, reduced from GBP 149. The core is 100% high density EVA, which holds its shape, and the cover is PU leather, which wipes clean. The flat underside carries anti slip granules for grip on wood, laminate or carpet. It closes with a velcro closure rather than metal latches, chosen so there is nothing to pinch small fingers during setup or storage. It supports up to 75kg. This is a FLOOR beam: it removes the height of a competition beam, not the difficulty of the skills, and practice should be supervised. Care: wipe the PU leather, keep it out of direct sun and away from radiators, keep the velcro clear of fluff. UK wide delivery, free over GBP 75, otherwise GBP 25, arriving in 5 to 7 days. A stock item, not made to order, so the 14 day change of mind cancellation right applies in full.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Statutory 14-day cancellation right under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, plus a further 14 days to return the goods. Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to faulty or misdescribed goods.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "The Outdoor Sports Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/balance-beam-gymnastics/", "canonical_url": "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/balance-beam-gymnastics/", "json_url": "https://myoutdoorsports.co.uk/api/products/balance-beam-gymnastics.json", "updated_at": "2026-08-23", "compare_at_price": 149 }