Given that both lifters had good M-L stability, this may be the easiest of the balance problems to master in this task. Next, the AdP had better A-P stability than the ImP whose stability was adequate. Finally, the ImP had too little A-P mobility early in the lift, especially of the bar in the second pull, and too much mobility late in the lift in the form of oscillations. If the ImP adjusted stability by keeping his LoG anterior to the FFL, he might reduce the oscillations, and then he could begin working on greater mobility of the bar during the second pull. Safety precautions should be instituted to minimize problems related to the apparent and real threats of backward loss of balance. For the AdP, balance may not be the limiting factor at this stage of skill acquisition.
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