Topic: How to kong vault a picnic table longways?

[Brent Spinner]

These guys have covered it pretty well, but I thought I would share one thing that helped me with longer kongs.  When doing a split foot take off I am able to get more horizontal distance if I dip a little right before take-off.  Also, try focusing on getting your hand placement as close to the far edge of the picnic table as you can.  Just keep working on making steady progress doing this and eventually it will click.  Good luck!

[Nick Fernandez]

I agree with Brent. I started getting sucky at kongs and I realized it's because instead of split foot take-off I punch and I never reached for the end of the obstacle.

Think of it this way, when you do a kong vault, do you think you're going to make it far if you place your hands at the very beginning of the table? Probably not, unless it's a double kong . But, if you reach for the end your body also naturally goes into that "dive" position if you're doing it right, and it leaves you enough space to push forward and bring your legs through without touching the table. What I did to progress to longer kongs is just doing them, and if I couldn't get my feet over I would just land on the object. Eventually you'll find the right time to put your hands down and then it'll come naturally to reach for the end.

Uhm what is "block"?

To make it simple, blocking is placing your feet in front of you in a two-foot punch while you have forward momentum. If you punch with your feet in front of you it turns that forward momentum into upward momentum, so you gain a bit more height.

[kidzymarvel]

O okay, simple enuff! =) Thank you for explaining it to me.

[Tom Heyl]

You can still block with one foot to gain a bit extra height and distance, basketball players use it all the time for height off of one foot.
It's a bit more complicated doing it while jumping forward from split foot but it is possible.

[Nick Fernandez]

You can still block with one foot to gain a bit extra height and distance, basketball players use it all the time for height off of one foot.
It's a bit more complicated doing it while jumping forward from split foot but it is possible.

Yea, that's how I think of it when you compare a punch to a split foot. Split-foot to me, when you have one leg back, is a bit like "reverse blocking", if anyone recognizes that. With one foot below you and another behind you, you're focusing on making all that momentum go out instead of up.

If I could, I would put both of my feet behind me like that, but I don't like the taste of dirt.

[Grip]

i think you should split foot take off for everything, it just looks smoother.

[Threadrunner]

Blocking with one foot is done by using the penultimate step. To find out how to do that look up one step jumping form on YouTube. Sorry I can't post a link I'm using my phone right now

[kidzymarvel]

Sure thing.

[Jarrett]

"Sounds like the problem is that you're going for too much too soon.  If you give yourself a few months you will be much better prepared for it.  Patience and hard work pay off." Brett Robert(didn't want to take the whole post)

Yes. When I first started with my friends, we did some stupid drops and jumps. because of this my friend's back became severely f#cked. Surgery was required. He had to wait half a year for the back to be safe to operate on and then must wait another two months after the surgery till he can do any physical activity. And he's still gonna wait another month after that and start this summer.

long story short, no matter what you've done before or what you think you can do, BE UBER CAREFUL