The key consideration is teaching the athlete powerful and coordinated
hip extension, knee extension and plantar flexion. I don't think you
have to teach the entire lift to do so, but a snatch high pull makes a
lot of sense for many athletes that are looking to improve these
movements. Most athletes I know would just as soon learn to clean - they
enjoy the movement and athleticism of the lifts themselves.
I certainly wouldn't advocate nothing, but the olympic lifts. But in a
well-developed program of training for football players (and many other
athletes) they can be a valuable exercise.
Having said that, it certainly isn't the only way. IMO it is one of the
best, but there are many roads that lead to excellence.
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> The suggested use of Olympic Lifting (Sport) for the supplementary
> training of athletes is just plain silly. Teaching the skill of hurling a
> barbell upward for football players is akin to teaching your swimmers
> blocking
> and tackling. If the swim coach was ever seen "coaching" his or her
> swimmers to
> do so, you could be sure the coach would be carted away by the men in
> white
> coats.
>
>
>
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