Anyone can learn it. Perfection, on the other hand, takes a lifetime. Start with a broom, an empty barbell, a steel pipe.
The soviets, in the past, would play with a broom for form, depending on their routine before the games begin. (olympics)
Snatch hang pull - snatch grip and jerk grip is the key.
If you're the brutish sort, the continental is for you. You lift and hang the bar to your belt, clean it, jerk it.
Google continental snatch and clean and jerk.
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Of course having a coach beats doing it solo in every angles.
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Example. We train how ever we wish, but if we have a coach, after seing us lift for a few workouts, he or she can suggest certain changes and a routine that strengthen one's weakness oj order to improve the lift. Such cannot be done by working out alone except upon taking a video of one's form and comparing it with a champion's. And it's still difficult because what works for one may not work for another.
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