Overhead Slam
Difficulty
Beginner
Category
Plyometrics
Force
Pull
Mechanics
Compound
Muscles
- Lats
Equipment
- Medicine ball
Steps
- Hold a medine ball with both hands and stand with your feet at shoulder width. This will be your starting position.
- Initiate the countermovement by raising the ball above your head and fully extending your body.
- Reverse the motion, slamming the ball into the ground directly in front of you as hard as you can.
- Receive the ball with both hands on the bounce and repeat the movement.
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