USA Weightlifting Level 1 Questions And Answers
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1. What's the term "open the road" mean?
Answer: In the snatch an athlete's feet remain flat on the floor. Knees go back to "open the
road" for the bar and keep it close to the body aka center of support.
2. Power Snatch + Overhead Squat
Answer: The primary purpose of the exercise is to allow the athlete to practice a better
receiving position for the snatch by meeting the bar in a relatively high position with the
proper stance, posture and resistance against the bar. It can also help force athletes to use
the same receiving stance in the power snatch as in the snatch.
3. Snatch Balance
Answer: Develops strength in the receiving position for the snatch, but also adds the
elements of speed, timing and precision. It will help train proper footwork for the snatch
(transitioning from the pulling to receiving stance and reconnecting the feet flat on the
floor), and help with confidence getting under heavy snatch weights
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, 4. Snatch Pull from hang at knee
Answer: Helps teach transition from the bar above knee position to the Power Position.
5. Power snatch
Answer: Nearly identical to a full snatch with the exception that a lifter does not drop
into a full squat to receiving the barbell overhead.
6. Why perform a Hang Snatch?
Answer: To increase power in the second pull and speed under the bar.
7. Five steps in teaching progressions
Answer: 1. Assess the athlete's ability to per- form training progressions 2. Prepare the
athlete for new training progressions 3. Demonstrate and explain the progression and its
purpose 4. Assess performance of the progression 5. Make corrections to movements
and/or equipment to facilitate learning
8. Why use a five step teaching progression method?
Answer: Learning one portion of the full movement at a time is less mentally taxing for
the athlete. If an athlete is having difficulty with a particular movement, they can return
to the previous movement for remediation and then progress forward once the skill set
has been improved
9. Teaching progressions table
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100% Verified Correct Graded A+
1. What's the term "open the road" mean?
Answer: In the snatch an athlete's feet remain flat on the floor. Knees go back to "open the
road" for the bar and keep it close to the body aka center of support.
2. Power Snatch + Overhead Squat
Answer: The primary purpose of the exercise is to allow the athlete to practice a better
receiving position for the snatch by meeting the bar in a relatively high position with the
proper stance, posture and resistance against the bar. It can also help force athletes to use
the same receiving stance in the power snatch as in the snatch.
3. Snatch Balance
Answer: Develops strength in the receiving position for the snatch, but also adds the
elements of speed, timing and precision. It will help train proper footwork for the snatch
(transitioning from the pulling to receiving stance and reconnecting the feet flat on the
floor), and help with confidence getting under heavy snatch weights
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, 4. Snatch Pull from hang at knee
Answer: Helps teach transition from the bar above knee position to the Power Position.
5. Power snatch
Answer: Nearly identical to a full snatch with the exception that a lifter does not drop
into a full squat to receiving the barbell overhead.
6. Why perform a Hang Snatch?
Answer: To increase power in the second pull and speed under the bar.
7. Five steps in teaching progressions
Answer: 1. Assess the athlete's ability to per- form training progressions 2. Prepare the
athlete for new training progressions 3. Demonstrate and explain the progression and its
purpose 4. Assess performance of the progression 5. Make corrections to movements
and/or equipment to facilitate learning
8. Why use a five step teaching progression method?
Answer: Learning one portion of the full movement at a time is less mentally taxing for
the athlete. If an athlete is having difficulty with a particular movement, they can return
to the previous movement for remediation and then progress forward once the skill set
has been improved
9. Teaching progressions table
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