Snatch Turnover Drills
Use these 3 drills to improve the speed and accuracy of your snatch turnover:
High-Pull from Power Position
Accelerate the bar up with leg drive and pull your elbows up and out to guide the bar up right against your body.
Muscle Snatch from Power Position
Accelerate the bar up with the legs, pull your elbows up and out, squeeze back as you turn over to keep it close, and punch up into the overhead position.
Tall Snatch
Pull your elbows up and out as you pick your feet up to accelerate yourself down into a squat, squeeze back to turn the bar over while keeping it close, and punch up into a forceful lockout in the overhead position.
Forgive my left side not moving perfectly—it was reassembled with 6 anchors and doesn’t quite function correctly anymore. You get the idea.
1-3 sets of 3-5 reps each in your warm-up is an easy and effective way to start seeing big improvements in your snatch turnover.
Move aggressively and viciously. If you need to practice the first two more slowly initially until you can perform them well, that’s fine—but ultimately you need to be moving at maximal speed, especially in the tall snatch.
Stick with the empty bar—this is not strength work, and if you can’t move correctly, consistently and quickly, you’re missing the point entirely.
High-Pull from Power Position
Accelerate the bar up with leg drive and pull your elbows up and out to guide the bar up right against your body.
Muscle Snatch from Power Position
Accelerate the bar up with the legs, pull your elbows up and out, squeeze back as you turn over to keep it close, and punch up into the overhead position.
Tall Snatch
Pull your elbows up and out as you pick your feet up to accelerate yourself down into a squat, squeeze back to turn the bar over while keeping it close, and punch up into a forceful lockout in the overhead position.
Forgive my left side not moving perfectly—it was reassembled with 6 anchors and doesn’t quite function correctly anymore. You get the idea.
1-3 sets of 3-5 reps each in your warm-up is an easy and effective way to start seeing big improvements in your snatch turnover.
Move aggressively and viciously. If you need to practice the first two more slowly initially until you can perform them well, that’s fine—but ultimately you need to be moving at maximal speed, especially in the tall snatch.
Stick with the empty bar—this is not strength work, and if you can’t move correctly, consistently and quickly, you’re missing the point entirely.
