Start with elbows slightly in front of the bar and straighten your wrists a bit more (middle knuckle up). Take a big breath and bear down on your abs (keep ribs down). Then when you press, for this strict variation, you will need to get you head back (out of the way) so that you can push the bar *back* to your shoulders (you are looping it around currently). I would re-read the Press section of the blue book again as well.