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Don’t forget you have shins, and they’re attached to your feet and knees!
 
If you use a dynamic start, you need to position the bar correctly to prevent your shins from pushing it away as you begin pulling.
 
If you start the bar too far back, as you lower the hips into your starting position, the shins will push it away.
 
The easiest way to avoid this is to get into your actual starting position initially, then move into your preparatory position without allowing the bar to move.
 
Then when you move into the start again to begin the lift, the bar will be exactly where it needs to be for you to be balanced and in control of it.
 
Why not start the bar farther back and just let the shins push it into the correct position as you start? First, because you’re then starting the lift with forward momentum on the bar and therefore the tendency for it to continue moving forward as it breaks from the floor.
 
Second, you’re setting yourself up for inconsistency in your position, balance and initial motion.
 
And it offers no benefit to outweigh those drawbacks. That’s why.