Topic: Video: Snatch Miss

[Joshua Davis]

la barra le esta quedando adelante de los hombros, por eso se cae.

The bar is forward of the shoulders, so it falls.

[Danilo Gonzalez]

thanks josua, and see this

[Jim Hooper]

Paul,

You missed it because you haven't tried it enough.  

Your technique is basically sound and getting better all the time.  
That particular lift could have ended up a little forward as it did due to any one or any combination of the various diagnoses kindly offered up in this thread.  Or something else that none of us can see.

The dumbest body is smarter than the smartest coach.  Just stay at it and move fast, trying to replicate the feel and timing of your best snatches.  You'll be sticking that 95 within a few weeks tops and hit 100 sometime this summer, if not sooner.  GREAT JOB!!!

Best, Jim.

[Paul LaDuke]

Thanks Jim.  That was the first time I ever tried 95kgs.  My first attempt at any weight has been the same result - missed out front.  I continue to be limited by my confidence and my mind.  Your mind may be the most difficult thing to train.

The dumbest body is smarter than the smartest coach.

Great quote.  I couldn't agree more.  The best coaches watch the athlete's body and can tell by how that body moves what the strengths and weaknesses are.  This is especially true in the squat, front squat and the Olympic lifts.  The body knows where it will start and were it will end up and will naturally go from point A to point B the easiest way it knows how.  The easiest way for the body is using its strongest muscles while trying to avoid using the weakest ones.  When form breaks down due to fatigue may be the best time to watch a lifter because then you will know what the lifters strongest body parts are and what their weakest muscles/movements are.

Great point.  Thanks.