New Open Standards 2018 - Dumbbell Snatch

                        

In 2017, the DB standard allowed for an athlete to switch hands on the DB while still overhead.

You can no longer change hands over your head, it has to be below your eye line.

Last year a lot of people changed hands at the top of the movement questioning whether there was a full lockout or not, so to make that more clear, the switch has to happen after the dumbbell passes your eyes.

Most “normal” people found that too challenging anyway and switched hands when the dumbbell touched the ground.

For the dumbbell snatch, athletes are still allowed to switch hands in mid-air, but in 2018 the athlete must switch hands when the dumbbell is below the face.

The athlete can no longer hold the dumbbell overhead and switch. Doing so would result in a no-rep.

The change to the dumbbell snatch will likely not have much of an impact as athletes are still not required to change hands with the dumbbell on the ground.