swinging up

[fink10]

i have cleared 10' as a sophmore but i am having trouble swinging through to vertical can anyone help me

[Shorty220]

rope swing drills over a bungee help muchisimo...but i dont know where any local ones are in nj..

[skyin' pimp]

work on your runway some more.. and when you think your runway is good.. keep working on it <whip cracking>

[achtungpv]

work on your runway some more.. and when you think your runway is good.. keep working on it <whip cracking>

You got that right. What do you think, 95%...maybe 99% of all technical problems stem from the run & takeoff?

[skyin' pimp]

yeah, i'll go with the 99% i'll be at meets and people will ask how to get better off the pole.. i say "runway", and they say, "i think my speed is pretty good, and i take-off pretty well, and i'm using a pole rated at my weight".. hmmmmmm.. yeah, you must be REAL efficient on and off the ground.. for all you dumbasses that think your runway and take-off is good.. i would tend to doubt that.. watch yourself in a 50 meter dash, and then watch yourself with a pole.. if they don't look the same.. then your runway sucks.. period.. (granted, your w/o pole running technique may also suck, but, it's a start)

[pv cowgirl]

i know exactically what ya mean i always mess it up but i i always try to swing up and when i do swing up i mess up i forget to driive my knee or forget to lock out my arm it gets so frustrating but oh well we'll just have to hang in there

[vaultmd]

And fire whomever told you to lock out your arm.

[lonestar]

And fire whomever told you to lock out your arm.

Agreed

[vaultmom]

remember when you were a kid and you played on the monkey bars... go play on the monkey bars. practice swinging up and going verticle up to the top of the bars. shoulder and arm strength. The runway advice is very good. you cant swing if you cant get enough speed and your approach is wrong.

[bball_luvr23]

I don't completely agree about not locking your arm at all. I do, but just for a while, then I relax it, and it works once you get the timing down.
But then again I've only been vaulting for 5 months, and bending for 2 1/2, so take it for what its worth.

[jhesch]

tell me the last time you saw an elite vaulter lock their bottom arm

[Skyin' Brian]

.. for all you dumbasses that think your runway and take-off is good.. i would tend to doubt that..

ha, yeah, i remember thinking that myself in about 9th grade. i was wrong. now at 21 years old i sometimes think the opposite: that i have a good top. im probably wrong about that as well. it seems about the time you are getting comfortable with your technique and stuff you stop improving...