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Coach's Corner: Maria's Olympic Lifts

If you would have told me back in June that Maria Fiorini would have possibly the best form in the gym at this time, I would have probably raised an eyebrow and told you to watch a Banet. Or Ricky. Or Mrs. Carey. Or really anybody else not named Jack Trastevere.

But things have changed, Maria was a regular with Murley's 10 am Summer crew, and it has clearly showed this month. We have been doing Olympic lifts a lot recently and I've had plenty of opportunity to pick her movement apart. What I've noticed is any movement at midrange is almost perfect, but once we work to endrange - especially at the shoulder, she has a tough time controlling her position. Here's how she looked yesterday.

I had her hold those finish positions to encourage her to find tension. You'll notice her overhead on the split jerk looked better than it did on the hang snatch. Still a big improvement, but more to work on.