“Fran”
21-15-9 reps for time of:
Thrusters, 95#/65#
Pull-ups
Post time, butterflies and tears to BTW.
Anatomy of A Snatch
So often as coaches we put our clients under the microscope as we dissect your movement. Indeed, some coaches grade themselves and others by how well they “see” a movement. Well, today the tables are turned. I’m putting myself under the microscope, and we’re going to pick apart my Snatch. You can see it by clicking here.
As the lift begins, one things sticks out to me: My beginning position needs to change; my shoulders are a bit too far forward. If I was to give myself a cue, I would say butt down, shoulders back. I want my shoulders directly over the bar. Secondly, watch my initial lift-off. If you watch closely enough, you see that my torso angle changes. That’s bad. My hips rise slightly faster than my shoulders. As this happens, you can see my shoulders go forward. This takes my weight forward, which is also bad. So, my torso angle has become more horizontal, and my weight is pulled forward. The results of this positioning is going to manifest itself during my second and third pulls. As I jump, I do a fair job of extending the hips and exploding, but, because my weight is forward, the bar comes forward. Because the bar comes forward, my body comes forward some more. My landing position for my third pull is close to a foot in front of where I began.
Also, watch my head. I’ve been working on reaching my head and shoulders back. Why? To get my torso to lean back so I can keep my center of gravity where I want it. But I throw my head back. This would be an over-correction. And finally, my feet. They come WAY off the ground. The closer my feet are to the ground, the faster my lifts will be. It is what I will focus the majority of my attention on in the months to come.
To summarize, I think there are a lot of good things going on with this lift. However, it’s significant to me that a small error in positioning in my first pull leads to such a large chain reaction of events. Because my hips lift just a couple inches early, my lift is wild. That being said, it was still a success; I made the lift. Next time is a new opportunity.
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