How do you swing when you are not making it into the pit?

[fong520]

ok this is my problem, when i vault, i supposedly have a great plant adn takeoff, but after that its poo. i need to get over 10 feet by tomorow heh, my coach says i need to swing . whats happening is hwne i go up i bend and i dont go into the pits, i stop above the box or on the runway or something, anyone know wat i can do or whats my prob. i try to swing but it like doesnt swing, my knee goes up but either the other one follows and im not rocking back. or my leg goes up to a position where im like sitting adn thats it.. i hope u all understand, im not really sure how to describe.
thanx for help anyways

[Oldcoach]

Sounds like your gripping too high for your ability. Lower your grip a fist at a time until you can swing and land deep in the pit. Also sounds like you don't swing long(stretched out straight),you tend to curl up in a ball right after takeoff which kills any swing. Work on swinging long using a rope or a high bar.

[lonestar]

Exactly, first thing is lower your grip a fist or two. If you're still stalling out over the box, go down to a smaller pole. As for swinging, try narrowing your grip by moving your bottom hand up closer to your top hand one or two fists, and punching both of your hands UP over your head, and not out in front of you. If you can see your bottom hand, it's not over your head. Lastly, as you take off, try to aggressively punch your chest forward as you punch your hands up. This will at least set you up to swing. Then it's up to you to whip that trail leg through and slam your hands forward to your knees. If you haven't swung after doing all that, then you must have missed some part of it. Go back through that checklist, step by step and perfect each part until you get it. Good luck.

[mcminkz05]

ya, really make sure your plant is up, and not forward. Be sure your hands are abouve your head, not in front of you.. thats a big problem i had for a while, that completely stopped my swing, which im still working on. If you egt too used to having your arms in front of you, its a real pain in the @$$ to fix.

[fong520]

woooo thanx for the advise all i got 10'6 today wooo pr!!... im not sure if i did the stuff that u were telling me but i was thinking abotu it lol... it was all a blur so it hard to remember, i watn to tape myself to see if i did it though, i think my friedns mom did so i can check that out...
well thanx all apreeciate it..
wooo ill be at champs next week... and i almost had 11'.. o well i made 5$