Attn Coaches: How to teach (and fix) the Olympic Lifts
Published: Mon, 01/14/13
The Olympic Lifts are a staple of any modern strength
training program.
And, no doubt, you're well aware of the many ways
these movements directly improve competitive performance.
The problem isn't deciding whether or not to incorporate
these lifts into your program. It's getting your athletes to
properly execute them.
How many times have you stood in the weight room
watching your athletes attempt to perform a clean or a
snatch, from the floor or hang position, and been
overwhelmed by the number of mistakes they're making?
No triple extension. Looping bar path. Pulling with the arms.
Catching with the elbows pointed down. Reverse curling the
bar instead of keeping the 'elbows away from the bar' during
the pull. Finishing in a wider stance than they started.
If you know what it should look like, but your current set of
cues and progressions isn't quite getting them in the right
position, then you've got to check out this new DVD from
Wil Fleming called Complete Olympic Lifting:
It takes you through the process of assessing, teaching and
fixing the Olympic Lifts (and their variations) in a simple,
straight forward way you can begin implementing
immediately.
No technical jargon. No fluff. No scientific text.
The All New Complete Olympic Lifting get right to the point:
Progressions and regressions guaranteed to clean up all of
the technical issues preventing your athletes from getting
the full results of these important lifts.
I've seen a lot of programs. This is the one you will go back
to time and time again when you want to teach (or reteach)
the Olympic Lifts to your athletes.
Keep training hard,
Mike Westerdal
CriticalBench.com