How to do Backward Medicine Ball Throw

Muscles worked

Main: Shoulders.

Step by step

1. 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.
2. Begin standing a few meters in front of your partner, both facing the same direction. Begin holding the ball between your legs.
3. Squat down and then forcefully reverse direction, coming to full extension and you toss the ball over your head to your partner.
4. Your partner can then roll the ball back to you. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Similar exercises

• Kneeling Arm Drill
• Medicine Ball Scoop Throw
• Return Push from Stance
• Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw
• Alternate Leg Diagonal Bound
• Bench Jump

Instructions from Free Exercise DB, in the public domain. General guidance, not medical advice. Stop if anything hurts.