Improve Strength and Explosiveness in Basketball with Drop Snatch a.k.a Snatch Balance

CHEST BUMP!!!! Drop Snatch or Snatch Balance as it is also know is a great exercise to improve the strength in your legs, posterior chain, as well as improving shoulder stability. All of which are extremely important in the game of basketball. Coaches it is important that your athletes have a good grasp of Olympic lift movements before you throw this in their workout, due to the level of difficulty. You can do this exercise from the squat rack or open (as I demonstrate in the video), once you have the bar in a back squat position you are going to drop (QUICKLY) while pressing the bar (locking your elbows out, head through the window to maintain the bar being over your area of base), when dropping in the “hole” or squatting position your feet are slightly wider than your shoulders and are slightly pointed out which is fine just make sure your knees are pointing in the same direction to ensure proper alignment. This exercise should be done in the beginning of your lift as all olympic lifts should be due to the demand mentally and physically. Doing this lift at the end of a leg day would spell I-N-J-U-R-Y, do them when your fresh! Thanks for stopping by and create a great day! -Coach T