Game version
Target throws: throw soft implements to a target zone only when the coach calls. Everyone throws, then everyone retrieves together. The pair keeps one total.
Standing Shot Push
Push a soft medicine ball from your neck using your legs and hips, not just your arm: the shot put action without the shot.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Tuck the ball against your neck, elbow high.
Core: Medium. Beat your own best out of 6.
- Ages
- 11 and up
- Time
- 12 min
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Soft medicine ball, cleared sector
- Level · skill
- Developing · Throws
The steps
How it works
- Tuck the ball against your neck, elbow high.
- Turn your hips and chest to the front.
- Push the ball up and out at a high angle.
- Do 12 pushes; a real shot only at practice, with your coach.
Coaching point
Neck, hips, push.
Safety: Only in a cleared throwing sector with a coach watching. Nobody stands in front, and you walk out to fetch only when the coach says so. Never throw a real implement at home.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a zone: Less (big), Core (medium), More (small). Beat your own best out of 6.
Story
You are a hero throwing a stone across the river.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best out of 6. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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