Topic: Kong precisions

[dvdshulman]

I have been training them for a while, but when what im landing on is as high as the obstacle i vault over, i cant do it.  how would i do it

[livinforjc]

what helped me was to first get my split leg kong down so that i didnt have to think about it. then you do a short quick run up, making sure u have ur steps right. You dont really need that much speed but it does help. Then slap down hard with ur hands when u hit the ledge. bring ur legs through like normal pushing them to your chest, but then you have to have the courage to bring them all the way through and stick them out in front of you like a normal precision, leaning back. It also helped me to land with one foot first on the ledge, with the other on the side of the wall. Then I progressed to both feet landing after i felt comfortable with that.

[dvdshulman]

I know but when i go to do it i get the distance and i am comfortable with the split foot take off and i have good kong form i just dont get height i need and i dont know what im doing wrong

[Chris Ell]

Train smaller kong to precisions and make sure you have them down perfectly. Make sure you're not 'skipping' in to your kong. By that I mean take slightly larger strides before you kong and on your last step take off in to the kong. I see this mistake being made constantly and it takes away from your height and distance significantly. You may just need to have stronger legs to complete it. Read up on Starting Strength and www.eatmoveimprove.com and do heavy squats and dead lifts. Also, a video of you doing the kong to precision would help greatly so that we can identify what specifically needs work in your technique.

[John George "JG"]

Train smaller kong to precisions and make sure you have them down perfectly. Make sure you're not 'skipping' in to your kong. By that I mean take slightly larger strides before you kong and on your last step take off in to the kong. I see this mistake being made constantly and it takes away from your height and distance significantly. You may just need to have stronger legs to complete it. Read up on Starting Strength and www.eatmoveimprove.com and do heavy squats and dead lifts. Also, a video of you doing the kong to precision would help greatly so that we can identify what specifically needs work in your technique.

Do what he said. And also look up the term "Blocking". It's used in gymnastics and tricking to gain extra height for the maneuvers. This concept can be adapted to the arms to gain a few extra vertical inches.

[MedvisP]

The key to a successful level kong to precision lies in angle of your jump and how much power you put into your arms. The best way to approach them, in my experience, is with a split foot run up followed by a dive diagonally over the wall at a proper distance. Obviously the angle and distance at which you want to jump is going to vary depending on the size of the initial wall as well as the distance that you need to cover, but the ability to judge those will come as you progress with the movement. After the dive you're going to have to be able to push off with your arms as hard as necessary to complete the distance. Make sure you time your tuck properly because if you don't it can lead to you clipping your knee against the edge of the wall (this becomes more important once the distances get bigger and you are forced to run at the wall with more speed). The last step just lies in your ability to commit to the tuck and extend both legs forward to stick the landing. You may be tempted to land in a crane position a few times to get comfortable with the landing but that's up to you.

Good luck.

[dvdshulman]

I got it yesturday, turns out you need a really powerful double kong and kash and if you apply that, then it feels natural.

[Grip]

I think you need to work on your run up
When ever i do a Kong over a large gap, i always have this video clip in the back of my mind
at 5:50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQBnD-dGXI
notice how Phile Doyle (as a young kid in the video) gets a ton of powerful speed, jumps keeping all of his momentum then kongs.
I think you should look at a lot of videos that you see large kongs in, copy their run up, and decide which one works best for you. (might be a tweaked version of someone, or a mix between to run up styles, whatever works.)

[Micah.]

Try working on monkeys to precisions, and slowly progress your way to farther/higher distances/objects.