Elite PT and Sports Performance Exercise of the Week – The Whip Snatch

Elite PT and Sports Performance Exercise of the Week – The Whip Snatch

I wrote this article for my SportsRehabExpert.com site a few weeks back, and figured it would be good to share here as well just to give you an idea of some of the more advanced strength and power methods we use here at Elite Physical Therapy and Sports Performance.

I picked up this exercise from strength coach Paul Longo at

Teaching Tips:

1) I don’t get real technical with measuring for grip on the bar for this lift. Have the athlete get their hands at just the right width that the bar sits at the level of their hip crease.

2) Push the hips back with the bar as far as possible. I will have them just do reps of this hip hinge initially.

3) Jump and shrug!

4) Catch overhead.

I find that if we have the