Recognizing Faults

Question 1

Air squat. The athlete should be corrected by

Answer 1

1.Cue the athlete to lift the chest.

„ 2.Have the athlete raise the arms as he or she descends to the bottom of the squat.

Question 2

Air squat. What’s the fault ?

Answer 2

Not going low enough.

Question 3

Air squat. How can you correct this fault?

Answer 3

Cue “Push your knees out” or “Spread the ground apart with your feet.”
„ Use a target on the outside of the knee for the athlete to reach

Question 4

Front squat. What’s the fault?

Answer 4

Elbows drop during the squat.

Question 5

Overhead squat. How can you correct this fault?

Answer 5

„ „ the Bar moves forward of the frontal plane.

Cue the athlete to press the bar up and pull it back over midfoot or slightly behind the frontal plane.

Question 6

Shoulder press. What’s the coach correcting here?

Answer 6

FAULT:

„ Overextending the spine with the ribs sticking out.

Question 7

Shoulder press. What’s the fault ?

Answer 7

Bar finishes forward of frontal plane.

Question 8

Shoulder press. How can this fault be corrected?

Answer 8

„ Cue “Press up!” and use a tactile cue to lock out the elbows and push the shoulders up.

Question 9

Shoulder press. What’s the fault?

Answer 9

„ Bar arcs out around the face instead of moving straight up and following the frontal plane.

Question 10

Push press. What’s the fault the coach is correcting?

Answer 10

„ Forward inclination of the chest during the dip.

Question 11

Push press. What’s the fault?

Answer 11

Muted hips

Question 12

Push press. How can the coach correct this fault ?

Answer 12

Pressing early.

Instruct the athlete back in the teaching progression to perform two dip-drives before adding the press.
„ Place your hand at the top of the athlete’s head when fully standing; keep it at that height and then ask the athlete to hit your hand during the drive before pressing.

Question 13

Push jerk. What’s the fault?

Answer 13

Lack of full hip extension.

Question 14

Push and jerk. What’s the fault being corrected?

Answer 14

„ Poor/inactive overhead position (particularly when receiving the bar).

Question 15

Deadlift. What’s the fault?

Answer 15

Loss of lumbar curve due
to flexion of the spine.
CORRECTIONS:
„ Abort current lift and decrease the load to where the lumbar curve can be maintained.
„ At a lower weight, cue the athlete to “lift the chest”

Question 16

Deadlift. The coach instructs the
„ athlete to pull the hips back and settle on the heels. Have him or her focus on driving through heel. What’s the coach correcting?

Answer 16

„ Weight on, or shifting,

to toes

Question 17

Deadlift. How should the coach correct this fault?

Answer 17

FAULT:
„ Shoulders behind
bar in set-up.
CORRECTION:
„ Raise the hips to move the shoulders over, or slightly in front of, the bar.

Question 18

Deadlift. What’s the fault?

Answer 18

FAULT:
„ Hips do not move back to initiate the descent.
CORRECTION:
„ Cue the athlete to initiate the return by pushing the hips back and delaying the knee bend until the bar passes below the knees.

Question 19

Deadlift. How can you correct this fault?

Answer 19

FAULT:
„ Bar loses contact with legs.
CORRECTIONS:
„ Cue “Pull the bar in to your legs the whole time.”
„ Use a tactile cue to help engage the upper back. (

Question 20

Sumo deadlift high pull. What’s the fault?

Answer 20

Pulling early : the shoulders shrug or the arms bend before the hips are completely extended.

Question 21

Sumo deadlift high pull. What’s the fault?

Answer 21

FAULT:
„ Athlete pulls with the elbows
low and inside.
CORRECTIONS:
„ Cue “Elbows high!”
„ Give a tactile cue to have the athlete
hit your hands where his or her elbows should finish.

Question 22

Sumo deadlift high pull. How to correct this fault?

Answer 22

CORRECTION:
„ Slow down the movement and have the athlete practice the return in a segmented fashion by extending the arms first before re-introducing speed.

Question 23

Sumo deadlift high pull. What’s the fault?

Answer 23

FAULT:
„ Shoulders rolling forward in the set-up or during the pull.
CORRECTIONS:
„ Correct the position in the set-up or at the top of the pull.
„ Widen the grip and/or reduce the range of motion so the shoulders remain in the proper position

Question 24

Medicine ball clean.what’s the fault?

Answer 24

FAULT:
„ Lack of full hip extension.

CORRECTIONS:
„ Take athlete back to the teaching progression and have him or her do two deadlift-shrugs for every one medicine-ball clean.
„ Give a tactile cue to have the athlete hit your hand with his or her head before pulling under the ball.

Question 25

Medicine ball clean. The coach is instructing the athlete to keep the laces (or any markings) of the ball facing out for the entire movement. What the fault being corrected?

Answer 25

Fault: curling the ball

Question 26

Medicine ball clean. How to correct this fault?

Answer 26

FAULT:
„ Collapsing in the receiving position.

CORRECTION:
„ Take the athlete back to the teaching progression
and have him or her practice the pull-under with sound front squat mechanics.

Question 27

Pull up. What’s the fault?

Answer 27

FAULT:

„ Initiating the swing with the legs.

Question 28

Pull up. What’s the fault?

Answer 28

FAULT:

„ Losing midline stabilization by overextending the spine or exaggerating the swing.

Question 29

Thruster. What’s the fault ?

Answer 29

FAULT:

„ Pressing the bar before extending the hips.

Question 30

Muscle up. What’s the fault?

Answer 30

FAULT:

„ Losing the false grip.

Question 31

Muscle up. What’s the fault?

Answer 31

FAULT:

„ Letting the elbows flare during the pull or transition.

Question 32

Snatch. What’s the fault?

Answer 32

FAULT:

„ Lack of hip extension.

Question 33

Snatch. What’s being corrected in the image?

Answer 33

FAULT:

„ Not moving the elbows high and outside or moving the bar around the body.

Question 34

Snatch. What’s the fault?

Answer 34

FAULT:

„ Hips rise without the shoulders.