Snatch Pulls Slowly Lowered

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Overview

The skill drill is recommended as the beginner’s first formal learning experience of the First Pull. The key objective is to keep the back angle the same as the bar is lowered and raised between the top of the kneecap and the ground.

Key coaching points

1. Start with the bar at the waist.
2. The bar is slowly lowered to the floor, pausing at the top of the kneecap to check that the shins are straight.
3. Moving the bar slowly will assist the athlete in developing movement accuracy and allow coaching intervention if necessary.
4. As the bar is lowered from the knee to the ground, the angle of the back should remain the same.
5. There should be no visible gap between the bar and the body at any movement stage, lowering or raising.
6. Shoulders should remain slightly in front of the bar at all times.
7. As the weight plates touch the ground, tension should not relax in the body, and the bar should be raised again to the waist.
8. The athlete’s attention should be drawn to the small movement of the knees backwards and forwards, which facilitates the passage of the bar past the knees.