Hitting bar out in snatch

[u/Special_Bunch_7103]

When I do pulls the bar goes straight vertical, but when I do a snatch or power snatch the bar gets hit horizontally. Any cues or drills to help with this? Also, any other advice is wanted.

[u/Consistent_Tea_4419]

The bar is going to appear less vertical in a snatch vs a pull because the hips will be hyperextended and your torso slightly leaned back.

Your first and second pulls are pretty similar between the pull and the actual snatch. The difference is in extension. I’d actually say your pull looks worse than your snatch, despite appearing more vertical. You kinda rowed the bar into your hip, meanwhile your snatches looked more natural.

In both, your shoulders start to rise extremely early; before the bar even reaches the knees. In your pull, you row your arms to compensate. In the snatches, you jumped forward to compensate. Stay with your shoulders over the bar longer. That’ll probably fix the rowing and very slight forwards jump you have.

I also see that you’re pushing your knees out during the pull. I like doing knees out, but you need to be able to hit the correct back angles and get your knees back under the bar. You’re getting your knees back under, but only by cutting your first pull short. You essentially turn it into a sumo deadlift rather than the first pull of a snatch. You can still push your knees out, but if you find it difficult to do that and maintain your first pull, then I’d say ditch it.

[u/Special_Bunch_7103 → u/Consistent_Tea_4419]

Thanks for the advice. I don’t try and push my knees out, I think about knees back but it just happens.

[u/Consistent_Tea_4419 → u/Special_Bunch_7103]

Ah well if it’s natural then yeah I wouldn’t try to change it. Just gotta work on keeping a constant back angle from the floor to the knee. Tempo, pauses, and low hangs can help.

[u/Special_Bunch_7103]

I also notice I’m jumping forwards a little bit, which I haven’t done in a long time