Here is a picture that was part of an article about a local high school football team. This is a kid in the weightroom doing squats under the supervision of the head football coach and his assistant who are providing the spot. I would like to field a few comments from fellow lifers about the technique being displayed.
We can’t see anything except a kid with a baggy shirt on holding a barbell.
From what I can see, he’s got a rounded back, and the bar is too far up resting on the neck instead of shoulders.
Oh, and the pad doesn’t help.
More pictures? Video? Which team?
315@ teens age = nice.
Looks like his back is rounding big time, and the pins look like they are set too high and the kid might not be hitting parallel.
Yeah that form looks pretty ugly.
His H.S. coaches are typical no brain douch bags that shouldn’t be training anyone. They are in no way helping this kid. Other than that…OUCH!
It’s ridiculous to try to critique based off this picture.
How do you know what exercise the kid is even doing?
Just because the pic was included with an article or caption that claimed the kid was squatting means absolutely nothing. Mainstream journalists get this stuff wrong all the time.
his chest is caving in, back not arched, and wtf is up with the towel pad.
looks like he just unracked it. You can set your form back at the top.
On another note, squatting 315lbs is quite impressive in your teens. Shit, that’s my current 1RM at 22 (granted, one year of training, lol).
I can see where the OP is going though. Some of the shit I’ve seen PTs get kids to do with weights from secondary school, up to the university level, is just plain retarded. Cleans are taught as reverse curls. Weight used is prioritized over form for Squats and Deadlifts (if they are even incorporated).
Most coaches in the Singaporean educational system don’t know fuck about weight training. I’ve seen PE teachers (the one’s that teach others how to be PE teachers) half squat, deadlift with a rounded back, and bench to 3 inches off the chest. Its all fine and good to specialize in your desired sport, but if you’re going to be the one to teach kids how to weight train, fucking learn how to do it right yourself.
It tears my heart up to see the school rowing team’s chicks fuck up pulldowns and machine benches, then go out and proceed to fuck up the clean and press. I mean they’re pretty hot otherwise.
His back looks like it’s an aweful position, very rounded. The pins are set very high also so it’s pretty clear he’s not reaching parallel. I see high schooler football players squat all the time with horrible form at my brother’s HS. I occasionally lift there myself, being a health and fitness professional I want to correct them, although at the same time I don’t like to undermine their coaches. It is a predicament.
[quote]HK24719 wrote:
It’s ridiculous to try to critique based off this picture.
How do you know what exercise the kid is even doing?
Just because the pic was included with an article or caption that claimed the kid was squatting means absolutely nothing. Mainstream journalists get this stuff wrong all the time.
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True…but do you know of any lift that the form has you round your back like that? I certainly cant think of any.
Do those coaches look like they lift? End of discussion! If you can’t do it don’t teach it!
hainus
[quote]rundymc wrote:
looks like he just unracked it. You can set your form back at the top.
On another note, squatting 315lbs is quite impressive in your teens. Shit, that’s my current 1RM at 22 (granted, one year of training, lol).
I can see where the OP is going though. Some of the shit I’ve seen PTs get kids to do with weights from secondary school, up to the university level, is just plain retarded. Cleans are taught as reverse curls. Weight used is prioritized over form for Squats and Deadlifts (if they are even incorporated).
Most coaches in the Singaporean educational system don’t know fuck about weight training. I’ve seen PE teachers (the one’s that teach others how to be PE teachers) half squat, deadlift with a rounded back, and bench to 3 inches off the chest. Its all fine and good to specialize in your desired sport, but if you’re going to be the one to teach kids how to weight train, fucking learn how to do it right yourself.
It tears my heart up to see the school rowing team’s chicks fuck up pulldowns and machine benches, then go out and proceed to fuck up the clean and press. I mean they’re pretty hot otherwise.[/quote]
Why yould you reset the weight after you’ve unracked it and waste precious energy, when you could set it before you unrack it so you just walk the weight out and you’re ready to go?
[quote]squatdude wrote:
Here is a picture that was part of an article about a local high school football team. This is a kid in the weightroom doing squats under the supervision of the head football coach and his assistant who are providing the spot. I would like to field a few comments from fellow lifers about the technique being displayed.[/quote]
Besides, it sucks? The kid’s hunched over and got the weight riding on his neck… probably going to have a bruise if he’s lucky and eventually do some real damage.
Reminds me of the picture with the 130lbs kid going HARDCORE on 275lbs.