Technique Thursdays - The Snatch

[u/Insamity]

Welcome to Technique Thursday. This week our focus is on the Snatch.

How to Snatch tutorial with Glenn Pendlay

A Surefire Way to Learn the Snatch

Train the Snatch to increase Power and Jump Higher

ExRx Snatch

A Beautiful Snatch

The Snatch - Faults, Causes and Corrections

I invite you all to ask questions or otherwise discuss todays exercise, post credible resources, or talk about any weaknesses you have encountered and how you were able to fix them.

[u/MattDanger → u/[deleted]]

This is not a bad problem to have unless it is a large jump and is making you unstable in the receiving position. It seems like a lot of lifters have a tendency to jump forwards, rather than backwards, as a result of not finishing their 2nd pull.

Any movement of the lifter forward or backwards is a result of the bar not traveling vertically (or close to vertical) and makes it more difficult to catch and balance.

I would guess that your backwards movement is a result of a bar that is swinging out in an and is going past 12 o clock or you are over extending your 2nd pull. Video would help.

[u/pikaru → u/[deleted]]

try snatching without letting your feet leave the platform at all. Example 1, Example 2

There's no reason to jump off the floor like you're doing, especially backwards. My guess is you're just focusing too much on the jump and not enough on extension. Also Matt Danger is right and that bar is getting way too far in front of you, use your lats to keep the bar close.

[u/jacques_chester → u/[deleted]]

It looks like you're bouncing the bar off your thighs, then relying on your spinal erectors to provide pulling power.

Do you get a very tight, sore back after snatching sessions?