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Originally Posted by PowerManDL
I think that, as always, it's dependent on the athlete, the needs of the sport, and the coach.
Like you said, if they can be coached properly (which isn't hard with a basic power clean/snatch, but could be a serious problem for a full squat clean/snatch), and the sport requires that kind of explosiveness, why not?
I don't think a non-OLer should necessarily go to the effort of becoming a technical expert in the lifts, because that can take quite some time and the return on investment won't be very high. If you've got a guy that knows the lifts, I doubt he'll be worse for it; I just question the judgment of teaching them. The power clean/snatch are a different matter, you can teach those in an hour w/o much trouble. Start at the hang, jump, shrug, keep the arms straight, elbows up on the catch.
But I can easily see cases where this wouldn't hold true. That being the case, explosive clean/snatch pulls w/o the catch, jumps (weighted and unweighted), and even sprints could be an acceptable alternative, depending on the sport in question.
In short, I see them as being contextually useful, but not absolutely necessary.
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i agree, and i'm glad you typed this out before i did, because you said it better than I could.
I do think that they build explosive power for those who do them. They teach an athlete to lift fast, and the importance in speed.
Just like anything else, you're not going to be cleaning anything on the field just like you don't squat on the field, but the movements and actions of the movements teach the athlete a lot more than the actual weight lifted.