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Medicine Ball Throwing
Medicine Ball Throwing
Description:
Stand in two parallel lines, spaced to
suit the players, e.g. 2-3m
•Space players so they are offset, i.e.
not directly facing each other
•Player 1 (line A) bounce passes
diagonally to player 2 (line B), who
bounce passes to player 3 (line A) and
so on
•The last player throws the ball into a
container
In 5 mins, count have many balls
inside the container
Knee throwing
Description:
The participant kneels on a mat (or
some other type of soft surface) in
front of a
raised, soft object (e.g. soft tumble
mat or foam mat). The participant then
leans
back (pre-tensing the body) and
heaves the medicine ball (1kg) using
a twohanded
over-head forward throw for maximum
distance