WAG Jumping to the high bar

[Goldmedalgirl]

I can do a squat on and catch the high bar 40% of the time. The rest of the time I fall backwards. My coach always tells me I need to "Lean farther" but if I do so on average a go so fast I don't have time to catch the bar!

 

[Aussie_coach]

You need to keep your shoulders forward over the bar, most of the time falling backwards happens when you are leaning backwards.

It is quite dangerous to jump to high bar from a rushed squat on. You should be able to squat on, stand up and balance on the bar and then jump. If you are not doing this pretty much all the time then you are not ready to actually jump to high bar and should just be focusing on the squat on.