Can't believe my name was mentioned in the same line with "Yu Jie". Epic moment.
Anyway, I'll highlight parts I enjoy the most;
1. "For one, they focused on end positions with little attention on the in-betweens. There was no mention of first pull, second pull, or anything between the start position and extension unless inquired by an attendee"
Reason:
If you are taught the 2 strong positions properly, from start to end, you'll "know" how to second pull. If there's any adjustment necessary, it'll happen after that set or between reps. Not before the "mistake" has been done.
2. Was the minimal instruction effective because it was simple or was it simple because the lifters already had some proficiency?
Reason:
I'll say that it's effective because of minimal instructions. I had very little instructions back when I was coached. We just figured things out as our bodies progressed.
Learning to coach however was a different thing altogether. I had to learn a ridiculous amount more to be able to coach. I had to reopen all my texts and re-read (nearly 10 years worth), to study, before I had the guts to coach one person. My brother. He always becomes my guinea pig.
3."Yu Jie adjusted almost everyone's overhead position by internally rotating the shoulders. It was the most intense retraction I've felt. "
Typically I do this, but not towards the end range of the shoulder. I typically just say, "Knuckles to ceiling". Internal rotation of shoulder for the more flexible ones.
I've to toe the difference between athlete and fitness. Fitness people are influenced by certain ideas, like "internal rotation of shoulder is weak". It's not good to force the idea. Just give them a torch, and slowly they'll walk the path, if they like what they see in that path.
1 more week to Shanghai and Shandong. OOOOh yeah! No FB, no problem. Plenty of studying with the Chinese COACHES!
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