Hang Snatch For Tennis | Exercise 6.129

Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.129

Watch the movement and use the technique notes below to interpret the demonstration.

Exercise Video

Technique Photographs

Hang snatch overhead receiving position
Hang snatch overhead receiving position
Standing overhead finish
Standing overhead finish

How To Perform The Exercise

Hold the bar in a wide snatch grip above the knees. Extend the hips explosively and draw the bar close, then move underneath with a rapid knee and hip bend and receive it overhead with the elbows extended before standing.

Technique Cue

Stabilize the bar overhead and keep the stance controlled during the squat receive.

Book Technique And Progression

Book difficulty: 3 (the book’s exercise rating). Choose a load suited to your experience and master the component movements first.

Stabilize the bar overhead and keep the stance controlled during the squat receive.

Related exercises: overhead squat and single arm snatch to overhead squat. Read the tennis conditioning book for the complete progression, and explore tennis workouts to combine movements.

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Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.129 Hang Snatch.