Split Jerk Cue - Slide the Back Foot
When you split in the jerk, keep your back foot close to the floor.
Imagine sliding the balls of your foot back into position.
This helps keep you balanced as you move under the bar, helps prevent your front foot from landing too early and short, helps avoid the hips moving back out from under the bar, and prevents the back foot from being up too much on the toes.
The better your balance in the dip and drive, the easier it is to move your feet correctly and quickly.
If you’re forward coming out of the drive, you have to lift your front foot much higher to avoid short-stepping, and your back foot will naturally lift higher and take longer to land.
This means getting pushed backward off the front foot and ending up behind instead of under the bar, as well as likely being on the toes of the back foot, making the split even more unstable.
Practice with drop to split, tall jerk and pause jerk.
Remember: IMAGINE sliding the foot to help you keep it close—don’t actually slide it.
Imagine sliding the balls of your foot back into position.
This helps keep you balanced as you move under the bar, helps prevent your front foot from landing too early and short, helps avoid the hips moving back out from under the bar, and prevents the back foot from being up too much on the toes.
The better your balance in the dip and drive, the easier it is to move your feet correctly and quickly.
If you’re forward coming out of the drive, you have to lift your front foot much higher to avoid short-stepping, and your back foot will naturally lift higher and take longer to land.
This means getting pushed backward off the front foot and ending up behind instead of under the bar, as well as likely being on the toes of the back foot, making the split even more unstable.
Practice with drop to split, tall jerk and pause jerk.
Remember: IMAGINE sliding the foot to help you keep it close—don’t actually slide it.
