This is another tutorial for snatching. More specific I feel, as I see a lot of people pulling incorrectly, which leads to an ugly Snatch. My main issue is people that start with their shoulders way over the bar, then after the knees they have to swing their torso upright whilst using the lats to bring it in, this overuse of lats can cause arm bending if the timing of hips and torso verticality are off. This also result in a lot of bar banging, instead of brushing the hips, resulting in an arc motion, meaning the lift is very often lost behind them, as well as a lot of bruising and pain.
Some people have adapted to this, and got strong enough to muscle the bar into place, but I feel if you learn it the way I will describe, you will make more progress consistently.
Now, why should you listen to me? Don't, it's fully your right to ignore, there are hundreds of weightlifter that have much higher lifts and totals than me. But My status has had lots of downs, and the most recent being a Stroke in Vietnam. This reduced me to basically nothing. Now, I can just about Snatch (but it causes pain in my right arm) and my ability to clean is gone. I will work on bringing these things back, but I think it's safe to say my goal of becoming a British Weightlifter is over.
However, throughout my weightlifting career I have done absolutely insane amounts of research and theoretical work. I never had a Coach, because they weren't available, so I had to become my own coach, filming analysing myself, catching fractions of things being off, and forever tweaking and changing small things. So, this should give me a fair bit of Theoretical knowledge, particularly in the Snatch. So now, my goal is to become a Coach, but potentially through Email, as I will live out in Vietnam instead of England.
So, lets get down to snatching 101.
Alex
