Teaching the Clean: From A to Z (Part II)

by Zac Woodfine
Director of Sports Performance, University of Alabama at Birmingham
American Football Monthly January 2015 Issue Online

In part I of teaching the clean lift, we discussed the concept of clean movement patterns and progressing your athletes with the proper technique. In this issue, we will focus on hip extension where real power is generated.

Once an athlete can hip hinge properly, we teach violent hip extension. The main ways we teach this are through a variety of medicine ball throws and kettlebell swings (Photos 1-4).

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