I utilized a different strategy on the G2OH, replacing the touch and go with a complete reset in order to lower the hips. Touch and go is definitely faster and in a competition may be best but in training cultivating good form is best. When using touch and go the bar has to land perfectly or one will invariably raise the hips and curve the back prior to lift off. I saw it this weekend while watching sectionals. Although resetting is markedly slower the efficiency makes room for duration. Although this triplet was designed for speed the G2OH is not fast since it is really two movements. It does allow for consistency however. The second part of the G2OH was modified around fatigue since it wouldn't be efficient to keep hands on the bar and catch it in the rack; hence, the use of the drop from the top. With legs still wobbly from compression check this was a good napalm strike in order to start the fire back up.
A touch and go approach is fast, but it will consume your reserves. If the name of the game is speed, and technical competence permits, then by all means (realize form will dissipate) employ a strategy which enables victory. The problem here, one I've witnessed on countless occasions, poor form will further erode with physical duress. Too many athletes are ill prepared and poorly coached for G2OH lifts (explicitly clean + jerk; no need to open the can of snatch), their mediocre technique quickly becomes an abortion unrecognizable as the fetus of an olympic lift. Note the advice above. Ensure familiarity with the fundamentals of any movement prior to looking for a land speed record.
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ReplyDeleteI utilized a different strategy on the G2OH, replacing the touch and go with a complete reset in order to lower the hips. Touch and go is definitely faster and in a competition may be best but in training cultivating good form is best. When using touch and go the bar has to land perfectly or one will invariably raise the hips and curve the back prior to lift off. I saw it this weekend while watching sectionals. Although resetting is markedly slower the efficiency makes room for duration. Although this triplet was designed for speed the G2OH is not fast since it is really two movements. It does allow for consistency however. The second part of the G2OH was modified around fatigue since it wouldn't be efficient to keep hands on the bar and catch it in the rack; hence, the use of the drop from the top. With legs still wobbly from compression check this was a good napalm strike in order to start the fire back up.
A touch and go approach is fast, but it will consume your reserves. If the name of the game is speed, and technical competence permits, then by all means (realize form will dissipate) employ a strategy which enables victory. The problem here, one I've witnessed on countless occasions, poor form will further erode with physical duress. Too many athletes are ill prepared and poorly coached for G2OH lifts (explicitly clean + jerk; no need to open the can of snatch), their mediocre technique quickly becomes an abortion unrecognizable as the fetus of an olympic lift. Note the advice above. Ensure familiarity with the fundamentals of any movement prior to looking for a land speed record.
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