How did you get Greg to be so stoic?

"Verticality?"

Hmmmm

I guess my limit vocab is just not up to speed.

Good job in the video, what camera are you using?

Jon,

You don't coach the Spl Jerk by teaching the stance first? Longer split for Greg would do him much good - his front leg is way too far in now.

And it's absolutely not necessary to have vertical torso in receiving position of the jerk: PJ, squat jerk, Kendrick Farris semi squat semi split jerk etc.

nicely executed informational video Jon~

Great job on the vid Jon.

great instruction as usual from jon. lifter's elbow position went from verticle on the presses to straight out in front of torso for the split jerk. is one position better than the other?

Nice video Jon, good info, well presented, thanks!

Jon - I see where you're coming from now a bit better.

Vertical torso - It's the same concept as in the OHS - it's nearly impossible to do and if with max loads OHS will resemble more of a Back squat torso angle rather the more upright Front Squat. Yet people squat successfully in the OHS with torso quite a bit off vertical.

Now, forward lean in the jerk might be limited in majority of people by simple lack of flexibility in their shoulders - hence the perfectly upright position is about the only position they'll strive for.

Perfectly upright torso is not a necessity, rather it's one of the ways of keeping the body in the jerk.

Does that make sense?

I must have drank some "hatorade" recently or something though.