Olympic Weightlifter Lifts but the Judges Dont Count It So He Does It Again
For years Olympic weightlifting people were well-nigh desirous of a loosening of the age-quondam press-out rules requiring that all snatches and jerks exist locked-out cleanly and completely. The bar could not be pressed-out at the top if it did not travel all the style there cleanly during the active role of the elevator. Many were hoping to meet an allowance for some press-out. Picket this video for an example of a printing-out:
But the "whigs" were not to be satisfied in that regard. The "tories" continued to hold the solar day with make clean finishes all the same required. The new IWF Technical Officials Rules and Regulations for 2013-2016 take now been published. Lifters, coaches, and technical officials have by now downloaded them from the IWF website and perused them for any changes. While the format of the book has changed a bit and some rules have been subject to pocket-sized linguistic communication alterations, there were few changes in the lifts themselves.
In that location was, nevertheless, a clarification to the press-out dominion that will provide some satisfaction to both sides of the issue. This concerned the basic definition of a press-out. Such is now defined as any movement in the elbow joints that occurs afterwards the lifter's lowest point in their squat or split fabricated while going nether the bar. This volition indeed brand it easier to argue that a press-out has been made, at present that a definition has been formulated. Elbow movement earlier the lowest position will not qualify equally a press-out. This will not be problematic as long as the squat or split nether is done apace and smoothly.
We may now inquire ourselves, why practice these rules exist in the beginning place? One reason is aesthetics. A lift sent to arms length without any monkey business just looks improve. It also feels better to the lifter. If we look at many of the other Olympic sports we can see that technical execution has improved tremendously over the years. We run into quads in figure skating, more daring gymnastic moves, fantastic basketball techniques and I'm certain those in other sports can give examples that will confirm this trend. For that reason I would not like to see Olympic lifting take an opposite tack. Why allow sloppier performance techniques when the world is going in the opposing direction?
Coaches speak out in favor of looser rulings, especially if they have a star lifter who has issues finishing his or her lifts and opponents who don't. I have also noticed that a few years downward the road, when the lifting shoes are on the other foot, the same coaches volition complain virtually others who got abroad with printing-outs when their human being lifted strictly. Their position on press-outs is not and so much based on principal but on expediency, i.eastward., what will work for us today. I can sympathize with the athletes though, specially if they cannot lock properly, causing clean finishes to be difficult.
If printing-outs were to be allowed one would eventually see that records or championships made without printing-outs would still exist accorded more than legitimacy than those where the last few inches were muscled out. This did happen with the press. I would not desire that to prevail if looser rules were to come.
Many say that since a press-out requires more strength than a properly completed elevator this should be positively recognized past allowing such lifts to pass in competition. To that I would have to agree that more than pushing strength was needed in such lifts, only appropriately snatch pulling strength and jerk drive strength was insufficient if the lifts needed the press-out. What is gained in i is missing in some other. Why reward any elevator made with a style that was unintended by the rules of the lift?
Many of those in favor of strict finishes signal to the 1972 abolition of the Olympic press to support the thought that allowing more liberal rules will pb to greater and greater laxity. The press was abolished because refereeing it became more difficult every bit the lift got looser. To play devil's advocate, I do not think this will happen. Those making this argument neglect to see the motivations involved. With the old press, definitely ane could lift more weight the looser the printing became. Therefore at that place was a temptation to cheat a piffling flake more to elevator a petty bit more.
With the snatch and jerk nosotros have a dissimilar situation. The fashion to elevator the almost weight is without a press-out, by lifting co-ordinate to the rules. The but fourth dimension a printing-out is done is as a concluding resort to save a bad lift. Lifters will not cultivate press-outs like the cultivated fast and loose presses back in the old days. A perfect snatch or jerk is still the best mode to elevator a limit weight. Those with adept arm lock, the vast majority of lifters, will still try to lift with no press-outs. But occasionally they will try to save what should have been a dropped lift. This is where some other reason comes in.
That reason is the medical ane. Trying to save a bad elevator tin can be dangerous with limit weights. I once saw a lifter try to save a deadline jerk past pressing out the bar. The event was stretched elbow tendons, damaged while trying to salve the un-savable. I believe that allowing press-outs will encourage lifters to fight attempts that are amend left to crash to the platform. If this lifter had permit go of the bar when things went off the rails he would not have ended his career and then soon.
If nosotros loosen up "a bit" on this dominion it will exist very hard to adjudicate deadline lifts. Strict lifts are much easier to adjudicate. I know, even strict grade lifting all the same has a borderline area. But at to the lowest degree if a refereeing error occurs, or if a lifter tries too hard to save a bad elevator, the lift will still be closer to the acceptable. The basic thought is that snatches and jerks are accomplished past driving the trunk under the bar, not past driving and pressing the bar over the torso. However, there will however be borderline lifts that need a conclusion by the referees. Not all will be satisfied with their interpretation.
It remains to be seen how the newly clarified rule will work. Nosotros will see over the next four years. I exercise think a start is being fabricated and expect forward to sitting in the referee'southward chair for the adjacent quadrennial.
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