Hey Alan,

I know you're probably a technique-o-maniac really focused on form, but here's a thought. Its happened to me and I've seen it with others at the close-to-top-out point. The nasty bugger of a throw that either hits on the way up, but the arc is forward of the bar, or has the height but doesn't clear the bar. This kept happening to me and what I saw and others helped me with--was that at my top height I would really try to muscle the wieht up for that last foot. What that did was lose the hip pop I normally had and over emphasize my arm lift without a full back arch.

Every time I see a weight go in front of the bar or hit on the way up--I think the adjustment includes; moving out a bit to start and making darned sure that you engage your legs like mad, drive your hips, and arch just as hard as you can.

My out-of-gas point is now one foot higher than it was earlier this year.