I went from having never done these to doing a set of 15 with no bashing after watching this video. Fantastic demo, all KB instruction vids should aspire to be this quality.
I really appreciate him placing this video up! It helped me perfect the technique. I am looking forward to many more videos regarding the kettlebell. Thank you for taking the time to teach us.
It is a very clear and professional demo. I like it very much. I am age over 50 and follow it to do and qualify the ikff ckt level 1 requirement for 16kg within 2 weeks.
Steve's videos are the best. After viewing a few here I bought his DVD set. Well worth it. I keep the RU-vid videos in a playlist in case I need to review a technique while away from home.
I searched long time for simple useful explanation how to do it. I found 20 minutes long clips with lots of endless bullshot talk that doesn't hit the essence of the issue. Not even close. U did that in less than 4 minutes. Beautiful illustration. Thank u very much!
Thanks for this. Got a kettlebell as a bday gift a month ago and have been working on getting these right. This video demonstrated what I was doing wrong and helped me correct it almost instantly. Keep up the good work!
Hi Steve It is a good technique, especially for beginners. The same time, if the last stage of the lift (movements of shoulder from 90 to 180 degrees) is going with slight deceleration, a kettlebell will lay over the forearm softly and do not hit it. In any case, practice is required. But traditional Russian type of kettlebells are much suitable for snatch than other shapes.
I agree with this because I saw the same video. My snatches do not have a swing element to them at all. I'm not even thinking 'swing'. Just a vertical pull as you said and just passed horizontal I 'punch' towards my palm and the bell slots and locks perfectly at the top of the movement. I agree with you 100 percent, but of course Steve is the man and this technique is good for those who choose to follow it.
Wow!!! Thank You. I was doing it wrong the who time... during most of my work outs i would avoid the snatches because I was banging my wrist. But this video cleared everything up. Thanks again! Great work.
I watched the DVD again in slow motion. Even in the ones that look like the KB is flipping over, the hand is moving around the KB , not the other way around. It's all in the timing as the KB approached the peak. I love the Encyclopedia DVD's. It will tale me years to master all the techniques in them.
I have small forearms and avoided doing the snatch as it always left painful bruises. I was doing the vertical alignment of the handle but missed the mid flight pull into chest and slide hand through motions. I'll give this a try. Thank you! :)
@bobmac84 - I have that AWESOME set of KB DVD's also. He does kinda go into this on the DVD. It is called the "corkscrew snatch" on the DVD. All he did here was apply the corkscrew snatches positioning to the swing style snatch. If you can recall, he said the corkscrew is generally used for high rep work whereas the swing style is used for grip work! He just intertwined the two here!
@editstein I'm in Texas. it would be great to attend one of his courses here in Texas. Thanks to Cotter's videos I have been able to master the clean and jerk. But the snatch eludes me. My forearms are sorely bruised up.
I've used these kettlebells for a while and even travel full-time with them. They are made just right, get the job done, and excellent price. If you wanna get big and strong, I definitely recommend em!
Fantastic instruction. I was doing this intuitively in order not to bang my wrist, but seeing this video I realized I can make changes to do it even better. Thank you.
I am not competing ! I am just suggesting you that you might consider what Steve teaches since he knows what he is doing. then if you wat to keep on snatching the way you are doing it's fine Yuri. We come to Brasil at the latest in spring for courses anyway, things are slower in Brasil but not that much iand people there are though but usually also very nice.
@bobmac84 I haven't seen those videos you mentioned, but based on my knowledge of this workout tool; it DEPENDS on your goals. For fitness enthusiasts, THIS snatch technique may be used to prevent hurting the forearm and wrist. But for martial arts clients, that horizontal handle-bell flip over the top is preferred I guess. The constant banging strengthens their forearms (for blocking strikes) and wrist (for gripping:jujitsu/judo)
I am also a kettlebel teacher His first old dvd set was quite how to train with kb for fighters I do not know how u train, maybe u do 3 sets of 15 reps so u still can get away without hurting ur hand but we do time sets the classical technical lifts are very technical, u dont just grip the kb and muscle it up also for grip training we use long setsof heavy swings and farmers hold and suches
