The swing

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The swing

Unread postby Ins0mnizac » Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:20 pm

Ok, so i am getting better at swinging up but...i still suck. I need help (drills possibly) swinging up. If i could learn the swing i could probably get another few feet (right now im getting 12') because right now i am only getting to about horizontal instead of being vertical. I can three step drills and get totally vertical but when i take a full run its like i cang swing and i use all upper body to pull myself up. any help is greatly appreciated. thanks.

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Unread postby opalkak » Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:31 pm

pull ups and pull overs
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Re: The swing

Unread postby Robert schmitt » Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:34 pm

Ins0mnizac wrote:Ok, so i am getting better at swinging up but...i still suck. I need help (drills possibly) swinging up. If i could learn the swing i could probably get another few feet (right now im getting 12') because right now i am only getting to about horizontal instead of being vertical. I can three step drills and get totally vertical but when i take a full run its like i cang swing and i use all upper body to pull myself up. any help is greatly appreciated. thanks.


go to four lefts and get vert, then five, then six until you get back to the full run.
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