Topic: Backwards Jump

[Andy Dick]

Hey Everyone,

I have noticed that when I snatch I have a backwards jump.  Is that bad?  If so how would one correct it?  I will attach a video so you can see what I mean, sorry about the weight title I took it from another video clip and don't know how to get it off.

Andy

Snatch

[Patrick Donnelly]

Let me take a gander at it...

A little bit of jump-back is common (not sure why; someone else can explain), but yours could be lessened.  The thing that sticks out to my eye is your rounded-back pulling style.  This seems to get your back very horizontal at the start of the second pull, so you end up getting way too much hip extension there.  As your hips do this major extension, you throw your back too far, leading your feet to trail back so that they can land again underneath your center of mass.  Additionally this might be causing your hips to thrust into the bar a bit, so that it loops out forward then swings around back, giving you further reason to jump back to catch it. Keep your chest up and your back tight.  Not only will it make your pulls smoother, but it'll make them safer too. Picking a spot on the wall to focus on during your pull will help with this.  Something at standing eye level and fairly distant.

If anyone here thinks I'm off in what I'm saying, please correct me.  I'm still learning.

Take care,
Patrick

[Shaun Le Conte]

I concur with the above analysis

[Jack]

Andy, my two cents; (I apologize for putting the wrong name here at first, Andy)

It seems your pull is more efficient than your head-hip levering, and you have to jump back to restore the balance of the back ward going bar at the top of the movement because of the relatively inefficient levering needing a rearward correction. Like swinging a bit. Patrick is right that you can improve things with your upper body set, making a more rigid lever. I think however, that the hip forward, head backward movement  when the bar is above the knees are not too much here, maybe on the contrary. With lighter loads, you could practice with your upper body set, and postponing the "explosion" until you feel the bar sliding up the thighs. The longer you can keep bar-thigh contact the better, I would almost say.  You'll notice the bar will stay much closer to the body, although the head-hip levering will get even more pronounced. The bar path will be more straight up.

I think jumping back is not "bad", some top lifters do it. But maybe only in a top lift. You can save wear and tear by minimising jumping.

Hope this helps,

Sjaak

[Andy Dick]

I was only supposed to do a few sets of 75 kgs today on snatch so I decided to try to focus on my technique and some of the stuff you guys suggested.  I did more than a few sets but I was really trying to focus on my back position at the start.  Please let me know how things look.  I tried eliminating the backwards jump but it wasn't happening.  One time it looks like I did but I felt really off balance.

75

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

Watching the second video, you are right to focus on your start position. Stick your chest out more and reach up with your chest so the arms are stretched taunt. The last four were better.