The "other" way to do a clean.
Hi Rip.
Im hoping you can potentially shed some light on something that has been puzzling me. The subject is the "other" way to do a clean/snatch.
I know you teach powercleans with the same setup as a deadlift, I assume you also teach full cleans & snatches in the same way. Tommy Kono has done some detailed lectures (available on youtube) explaining how this method (same as yours) is better than the "other method". Largely focusing on the fact it enables the lifter to add the maximum velocity to the bar.
But I haven't read much about the "other" method, which starts off with hips low, vertical trunk and knees way over the bar. This other method actually seems to be the "more popular" way that most people teach, learn & perform the olympic lifts.
I was just curious as to what potential benefits there are to this other method? There appears to be something at least, as many lifters seem to have success with it. But I dont really understand what. Something to do with bar path perhaps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hAvhTNlyTc
Here is the very sucessful lifter Taner Sagir who combined this hips low method with huge amounts of layback on the extension.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=069eM1O2lOU
http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/sporti...anerSagir3.jpg
Ive asked the guy who makes these bar path videos, but oddly he doesn't really know. Can you shed some light on this matter or point me in the right direction to learn more?
Ive been on a few olympic lifting websites where members, many of them coaches or competitive lifters dismiss your method (like kono's) immediately in favour of hips low. But none of them seem to offer much explanation of why.