u/sipCoding_smokeMath

feels like I'm probably making a pretty obvious mistake. nobody at my gym really works it but me so ive just been trying to learn it from YouTube and stuff and apply it in rolls. I can get it on white belts fine but most blue belts even are able just basically "sprawl out" the leg im trying to attack before I can grab it. I feel like I have a decent understanding of what to do once I have the leg, but securing the leg to begin with is causing issues.

any advice is greatly appreciated:)

Edit: seems like the prevailing theme is that Im not creating and off balance which seems quite obvious indeed in retrospect(in case anyone else has the same question and doesnt want to read through the replies, all though theres some great stuff down there