Medicine ball overhead throw

Medicine ball overhead throw

Stand holding a medicine ball at your chest with feet shoulder-width. Dip and then explosively extend through the hips, shoulders, and elbows to throw the ball overhead and forward to a partner or wall.

Stand holding a medicine ball at your chest with feet shoulder-width. Dip and then explosively extend through the hips, shoulders, and elbows to throw the ball overhead and forward to a partner or wall.

Stand holding a medicine ball at your chest with feet shoulder-width. Dip and then explosively extend through the hips, shoulders, and elbows to throw the ball overhead and forward to a partner or wall.

How to Do the Medicine ball overhead throw

How to Do the Medicine ball overhead throw

How to Do the Medicine ball overhead throw

Stand tall with feet shoulder-width and hold the medicine ball at mid\u2011chest, elbows under the ball and wrists neutral. Brace your core and take a small dip by bending hips and knees while keeping the torso upright. Drive through the legs and extend the hips, then rapidly flex the shoulders and extend the elbows to launch the ball overhead and forward. Release the ball slightly above forehead level at a 30\u201345\u00B0 angle while keeping the ribcage down to avoid low\u2011back arching. Finish tall on the toes with arms extended and eyes forward. Catch the return (or retrieve the ball) with soft knees and a neutral spine. Reset, inhale, and repeat powerful, crisp throws; exhale on each release.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Category

Plyometrics

Target Muscle

Triceps

Triceps

Secondary Muscles

delts, pectorals, serratus anterior, traps, abs

Equipment

Medicine ball

Body Part

Upper arms

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