Beginner exercise

Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw

  • Power
  • Plyometrics

Technique

How to perform Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw

  1. Stand facing a sturdy wall with your feet about shoulder-width apart and hold a medicine ball in both hands.
  2. Bring the ball behind your head while keeping your torso braced.
  3. Extend your hips, knees, shoulders, and elbows to throw the ball forward into the wall.
  4. Receive the rebound with both hands and bend your elbows to absorb it.
  5. Reset and repeat for the prescribed repetitions.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Rectus Abdominis0.5Mover, Stabilizer