Hang snatch, above the knee vs hang snatch, below the knee

The hang snatch, above the knee runs at 85–92% of your squat snatch and the hang snatch, below the knee at 80–88%. Both train finishing the pull and where the bar goes. Here they are moving next to each other, with everything snatchlike prescribes each one for.

Hang snatch, above the knee

85–92% of your snatch

Down to the top of the knee, then go. No floor to build speed with.

Lower to the top of the knee and go from there. No floor to build speed with, so the hips have to actually do something.

Watch for: The shoulders staying over the bar in the hang, then a full finish before the drop.

Hang snatch, below the knee

80–88% of your snatch

Down past the knee, hold the position, then go.

The awkward one. Teaches patience through the knee, which is where most bars start running away.

Watch for: The knees moving back out of the way of the bar while the back angle holds.

Both at half speed, on one clock.

Each figure is the same six points the video read judges. The disc is the hands: the detector sees hands, not a barbell, so the bar is wherever the wrists are.

How heavy

Their bands overlap — 85–92% and 80–88% — so neither is simply the heavy one; where in its band you work depends on the day. Both are percentages of your squat snatch, and both are conventional coaching bands rather than anything measured here: where to start on a drill you have never done, before the bar tells you the rest.

In kilos for your snatch: the hang snatch, above the knee · the hang snatch, below the knee

What each one trains

Both	Only the hang snatch, above the knee	Only the hang snatch, below the knee
finishing the pull and where the bar goes	nothing the other does not	nothing the other does not

The faults each one fixes

The bar swings out · the hang snatch, above the knee
Brush the hip on the way past — the bar stays against you until it leaves.
Cutting the finish · the hang snatch, above the knee
Finish tall, then move — you cannot pull under a bar you have not sent up.
Jumping forward · the hang snatch, below the knee
Push the floor straight down — weight through the middle of the foot, not the toes.
Ripping it off the floor · the hang snatch, below the knee
Same speed to the knee, then explode — the floor is setup, not the lift.

Where the planner uses each

The hang snatch, above the knee: main lift at 77.9% of your snatch in a snatch session for when your squat is strong and the lift leaks; primer at 53.1% of your snatch in a snatch session for when your technique is ahead of your legs; primer at 53.1% of your snatch in a snatch session for when nothing is out of line.
The hang snatch, below the knee is not in any of the sessions the planner writes. It is in the library for you or a coach to choose.

Which one do you need?

That depends on what is capping your snatch, and that is a question your numbers answer. Put in three you already know — your snatch, and any of your power snatch, overhead squat and back squat — and snatchlike names the limiter and writes the session for it. A lift you have not tested is left out rather than guessed. Or film one snatch from the side: the pose model runs in this browser tab and the video never leaves your device.

Put in three numbers → Film one snatch →

Hang snatch, above the knee vs hang snatch, below the knee