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Coaching Behaviour in Olympic Weightlifting
If you are close enough to the action in an Olympic Weightlifting competition, you will see significant differences in the way that coaches communicate with their athletes in the last…
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Training Principles
Making progress in Olympic Weightlifting is no easy thing. As any beginner soon finds out, the sport presents immense difficult and ongoing challenges. The first challenge is to learn all…
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Quickness under the bar
Differences in quickness Considerable differences can be observed among Olympic Weightlifters in their quickness under the bar when moving into receiving positions for the Snatch, Clean or Jerk. Beginners tend…
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Quality of work: A key factor for success in Olympic Weightlifting
Towards a definition of quality Training programs typically specify the exercises to be performed, the quantity of work and the intensity to be reached but rarely describe the quality of…
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Training frequency for Olympic Weightlifting
It is very common for beginners to ask about training frequency for Olympic Weightlifting. Answering this question, however, is complex and requires multiple factors to be considered. These factors include…
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The Effect of Torque on Stability
The effect of the athlete's body position on balance and stability in the receiving position.
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Motor Learning Theory in Olympic Weightlifting
Motor Program Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory - how do they apply in Olympic Weightlifting?
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Simple Training guidelines for athletes in Olympic Weightlifting
Guidelines on how to train sensibly and consistently to achieve long-term performance objectives.
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Concepts of the Pull in Olympic Weightlifting
A video about key concepts of pull technique - pull phases, acceleration and force, issues of horizontal bar movement and key coaching cues.
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The Business of Olympic Lifting
In the last 20 years, significant changes have occurred within the sport of Olympic Weightlifting in Australia. Without doubt, these changes have also occurred in most democratic nations of the…
