The snatch is the greatest overall test of athletic ability: it requires power, flexibility, speed, balance, and courage. Read the following 9 articles to break down the movements and learn assistance exercises for better proficiency.
- "Power Cleans and Power Snatches: When the Arm Bends the Power Ends" by Lyn Jones, Vol. 2, No. 1
- "The Drop Snatch" by Bill Starr, Vol. 3, No. 4
- "Improving the Power Clean and Power Snatch" by Bill Starr, Vol. 4, No. 3
- "The Snatch: Power and Grace" by Jim Schmitz, Vol. 9, No. 1
- "The Full Squat Snatch: Are You Ready?" by Jim Schmitz, Vol. 9, No. 2
- "The Split Snatch" by Bill Starr, Vol. 10, No. 2
- "My Intuitive, Undulating, Periodization System" by Jim Schmitz, Vol. 23, No. 3
- "Roundtable Report: Snatch vs. Clean and Jerk," Vol. 23, No. 4
- "Six Variable Training Strategies for the Snatch and the Clean" by Karsten Jensen, Vol. 25, No. 1
Issues included are: 2.1, 3.4, 4.3, 9.1, 9.2, 10.2, 23.3, 23.4, 25.1.
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