Medicine Ball Catch And Overhead Throw

Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding the medicine ball in both hands. Extend your arms straight out in front of you at shoulder height. Catch the ball as your partner throws it to you. Once you catch the ball, bring it above your head, fully extending your arms and lift your heels off the ground. Then, forcefully throw the ball directly overhead, pushing off your toes. Catch the ball as it comes back down, and repeat the exercise for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Medicine Ball Catch And Overhead Throw

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Medicine Ball Catch And Overhead Throw using your medicine ball.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your deltoids.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your deltoids rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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