
Backward Medicine Ball Throw
Hold the ball between your legs, squat, then explode up and toss it back over your head. Works with a partner or against a wall.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Type
- Plyometrics
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force direction
- Push
- Muscles
- 3
Form sequence
01 · arrangement
This exercise is best done with a partner. If you lack a partner, the ball can be thrown and retrieved or thrown against a wall.
02 · start
Begin standing a few meters in front of your partner, both facing the same direction. Begin holding the ball between your legs.
03 · throw · Key step
Squat down and then forcefully reverse direction, coming to full extension and you toss the ball over your head to your partner.
04 · repeat
Your partner can then roll the ball back to you. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
What's working
3D
- Anterior Deltoid
Primary · 338 exercises
- Lateral Deltoid
Primary · 338 exercises
- Posterior Deltoid
Primary · 338 exercises
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Equipment
Medicine ball17 exercises
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