Help Needed

[Barry Corcoran]

Hi All,

Im new to the forum, Ive bascially thought myself how to oly Lift ove the past 12 months,

One thing im finding is that when I Snatch im cathing the bar at a semi squat position like at above parrallel, pausing and then dropping inot a full sqaut before rising, anybody any Ideas why this is happneing, I can throw up 60kg no problem,overhead squat it ok,

Is it nessesary to be catching this bar lower at all or do I only need to worry about getting low when I starts getting harder to get hieght
I take it when its gets heavy it will all come down to speed under the bar etc
and I should work on tall snatches ect.

any advise would be great thanks

[Greg Everett]

Try doing more snatch balances, high-hang snatches, tall snatches to get used to getting under the bar in a deeper position.

[Barry Corcoran]

Thanks Very much Greg,

Thats much appreciated, Ill do just that and let you know how I get on.

Barry

[Barry Corcoran]

Hi Greg,

I tried some high hang snatches that you recommended,I found them really enjoyable,I got plenty of depth very easily and I found pulling under the bar much more natural.each time I lifed my confidence gew and had no problem adding weight. I defo wasnt conecntrating on that final pull under the bar, i was too focused on getting the weight up.
Ill keep them up alng with the other assists and look forward to hopefully seeing some nice transfer over to the full snatch.Ill keep you updated

Take care

Barry

[Barry Corcoran]

Hi Greg,

Added 10kg to my snatch since you told me to start high hang snatches.And thats my first session back puling from the floor, so im delighted with that.Thanks
that was a massive help.

One thing I noticed on my clean and jerk today, when I went heavy when i was split jerking ,the bar was getting out to the front of me a bit when I was driving it up ,when recieved in the split it was pulling me to the front a little.any reasons why this happens? and any ques I could do before i drive the weight up before the split.

[Greg Everett]

could be a number of things. most likely you're shifting forward over your feet as you dip - get all the way back on your heels and keep your chest back as you dip and drive - only the knees bend, torso doesn't lean at all. you may also, or instead, be over-reaching with the back foot - that will pull your hips out from under the bar and create the effect of having the bar too far forward even if it didn't actually travel forward. think of getting the back foot down the floor right away, and pick up and reach the front foot forward, pushing your hips in under the bar.