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With that being said I disagree with the coaches telling you not to pursuit snatch.
Things that seem to work are power snatches combined with OHS's, progressing the weight on the bar and the depth of the catch in the power position. You should be able to handle 3 sessions per week or more for sure. Sets of 2's and 3's with ~50-60% of a training max is a great start.
Might want to limit your volume on bench press training initially.
Thanks, yeah I'm going to try to drill the movements with an empty bar 3 x week on top of regular workouts instead of just dropping into a deep OH squat with a PVC pipe like I've been doing. Interesting you mention limiting bench press because that was another disagreement I had with the coach. She thought I should continue training everything and that benching heavy has no adverse impact to learning snatch. But when I was benching heavy, I found my chest and shoulders would be tight and that impeded my ability to drop into a deep OHS. So while I've been trying to learn snatch, I'm deliberately benching light and have stopped doing DL entirely because that was confusing my form for the snatch pull off the ground.
But because snatch is such an unforgiving lift, I also have a sense that learning it properly will improve my form on SBD. For instance I've switched from low bar back squats to high bar with my shoulders pulled back, and that's led to a more upright posture with less rounding of my back. I also feel like learning to pull off the ground with shoulders and traps pulled back promotes better posture - and that's something I want to apply to DL when I eventually start doing those again, though with hips starting lower than for snatch pull of course.