Kettlebell Clean to Push Jerk

Coaching Points Starting with the kettlebells between the legs, pull them between your legs as if snapping a football You should be in a hip hinge position and feel your hamstrings are stretched Forcefully extend the hips to accelerate the bells (key words: fire your hips) As your hips are fully extending and the bells pass between your legs, shrug your shoulders, drop your hips, and then your elbows, while uppercut punching through the eyeholes of the bells attempting to catch the bells in the rack position(think wrapping your hand around the bell) With a slight hinge of the hips, forcefully extend your hips and drive the bells towards the sky As the bells are accelerating, sit back into a semi-squat position, catching the bells overhead with your head through the window Coaching Point to Transfer Explosiveness to Sport - By focusing on pushing through the big toe, you will see a huge improvement in their jumping ability if you add this one component to your jumping/plyometric programs. Also, in any weight lifting movement that applies extension of all three joints (at a slow or high speed) this also must be implemented to transfer weight room performance to the field. So, in your cleans, cue the athletes to push through the big toe at the top of the pull. This is not recommended for Olympic weight lifters; however, for sports performance it would be highly recommended. The athlete would push and finish off the movement at the top, all the forces must be transferred off the foot to the big toe to strengthen it and emphasize its mobility and strength at the range of motion.