Dead start off the blocks, send it overhead.
Catch it high, power means receiving the bar above a half squat, not riding it deep.
Pulling from blocks at knee height strips the snatch to its explosive essentials, no floor pull, no momentum, just a dead-start position from which your quads and glutes must fire the bar high enough to punch under, with your shoulders catching the lockout in a partial squat. With no stretch reflex to borrow from, the hip extension has to be genuinely fast. It is the classic remedy for a snatch that is slow at the hip.
The blocks remove the first pull and its momentum, forcing you to create all the bar speed at the power position. More clean reps at the part that matters, with less fatigue than full pulls.
Everything begins from zero, so there is no bounce or countermovement to sneak speed from. It exposes a lazy hip finish immediately, which is exactly the point.
Locked out and stable above a half squat, that catch height is what keeps it a power snatch. If you keep riding catches low, lighten the bar and finish your pull harder.
