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>> DREW WALSH: Medicine balls are a great
piece of equipment to train power development
through the upper and lower body.
Med ball training converts all the strength
and stability develop through other core exercises
into usable power.
Here’s a great way we can incorporate the
med ball into our training.
We’re going to have our athlete perform
a med ball slam straight up and straight down.
The athlete is going to start in a universal
athletic position.
The athlete will then reach up toward the
ceiling, weight on the balls of our feet and
slam straight down with maximal intent.
It is important for the athlete to keep the
hands out in front to make sure that med ball
doesn’t pop back up.
Here’s another great way to implement the
medicine ball into our training.
We’re going to have the athlete start in
the universal athletic position.
We’re going to load that right hip.
We’re then going to have the athlete reach
up and windmill that med ball over head and
slam straight down to the ground, making sure
that backside hip follows where the med ball
is going.
Aside from power development, med ball training
also has a great total body conditioning effect.
Med balls allow the body to generate force
from the ground up through the legs, hips
and into the core, which has great carryover
to athleticism and sport-specific tasks such
as the gob swings, sprinting and throwing
patterns.
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