SCIENCE OF SHOOTING POWERPOINT - Water Polo Planet · 13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS TWELVE LOWER BODY...
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SCIENCE
OF
SHOOTING
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SHOOTINGPOWERPOINT
PowerPoint based on the Dr. Jim Solum Science of Shooting books © Copyright 2011Available from lulupress.com
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CHAPTER13
LOWER BODY LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
PART II67 Slides
Dr. Jim Solum © Copyright 2011
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
TWELVE LOWER BODY RULES
1. Point Left Foot, Pivot
2. Right Leg Straight Back2. Right Leg Straight Back
3. Snap-In the Right Foot
4. Rotate Right Hip
5. Vertical Back
6. Crunch the Abs
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
TWELVE LOWER BODY RULES
7. Elevate
8. Elevate, Rotate and Crunch
9. Weight Transfer
10. Balance
11. Left Side Shooting
12. Right Side Shooting
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
1. LEFT FOOT POINT
Shooter’s left foot points
at goal to aim the ball.
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at goal to aim the ball.
Right hand does not aim ball.
POINTSPOINTS
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
1. LEFT FOOT PIVOT POINT
Shooter’s left foot also acts as a
pivot point to rotate the body
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pivot point to rotate the body
back and forward.
PIVOT PT.PIVOT PT.
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HIPS ROTATE BACKHIPS ROTATE BACK HIPS ROTATEHIPS ROTATE
FORWARDFORWARD
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1. Shooter pivots back to cock the body. 2. Shooter pivots and accelerates forward to shoot.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
1. LEFT FOOT PIVOT POINT
Demonstration:
Stand on left toes and swing
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Stand on left toes and swing
right leg back and forth.
PIVOT PT.PIVOT PT.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
Right leg straight back
and slightly bent in the
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cocked position.
Right foot is cocked to
side to cock right leg/hip.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
Right leg straight back
is superior to a vertical
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right leg: better balance,
more power and height.
LEGS ARE COCKEDLEGS ARE COCKED
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
Right leg straight back
is also called the split leg
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eggbeater.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
THE SQUARE SHOOTER
A big mistake!
SQUARE SQUARE SHOOTERSHOOTER
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A big mistake!
Square-to-the-goal shooter
has both legs together.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
THE SQUARE SHOOTER
Feet, hips and shoulders
SQUARE SQUARE SHOOTERSHOOTER
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Feet, hips and shoulders
are parallel to the goal.
She can’t rotate body.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
THE SQUARE SHOOTER
She can’t rotate body because
SQUARE SQUARE SHOOTERSHOOTER
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She can’t rotate body because
left leg is not forward/right leg
not back for an angled body
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
THE SQUARE SHOOTER
Square shooter falls over
SQUARE SQUARE SHOOTERSHOOTER
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Square shooter falls over
when catching the ball.
R. leg is not back for support.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
2. RIGHT LEG BACK
THE SQUARE SHOOTER
Square shooter falls over
SQUARE SQUARE SHOOTERSHOOTER
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Square shooter falls over
because the hips cannot rotate
the right arm back or the
right leg back for support.
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13. LOWER BACK FUNDAMENTALS
HORIZONTAL SHOOTERHORIZONTAL SHOOTER
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Square shooter falls on back, throws a weak shot.
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13. LOWER BACK FUNDAMENTALS
HORIZONTAL SHOOTERHORIZONTAL SHOOTER
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Square shooter falls on back, throws a weak shot.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
3. SNAP-IN RIGHT FOOT
The right foot shoots the ball.
The split leg eggbeater kick uses a
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The split leg eggbeater kick uses a
horizontal right leg to produce
power for the shot.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
3. SNAP-IN RIGHT FOOT
The right foot shoots the ball.
The split leg eggbeater kick has
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The split leg eggbeater kick has
the legs widely spaced apart.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
3. SNAP-IN RIGHT FOOT
The right foot shoots the ball.
Right foot is cocked to the side
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Right foot is cocked to the side
to cock the hips, torso, right arm.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
3. SNAP-IN RIGHT FOOT
The right foot shoots the ball.
A scissor kick is not used as the
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A scissor kick is not used as the
finishing kick.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
3. SNAP-IN RIGHT FOOT
The right foot shoots the ball.
The finishing kick or final kick is
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The finishing kick or final kick is
the kick that starts the shot.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
3. SNAP-IN RIGHT FOOT
The combination of the left foot
forward, the right leg straight back
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forward, the right leg straight back
and slightly bent at the knee with the
leg high and horizontal in the water
creates a new leg and foot position.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
3. SNAP-IN RIGHT FOOT
With shooter’s leg horizontal with
the surface of the water the right foot
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the surface of the water the right foot
can snap inward for greater power.
Scissor kick is weaker & unnecessary.
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HIPS ROTATE BACKHIPS ROTATE BACK HIPS ROTATEHIPS ROTATE
FORWARDFORWARD
4. The Right Hip Rotates
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COCKEDCOCKED SHOTSHOT
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HIPS ROTATE BACKHIPS ROTATE BACK HIPS ROTATEHIPS ROTATE
FORWARDFORWARD
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1. Shooter rotates back to cock body. 2. Shooter accelerates forward to shoot the ball.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Hip rotation is the major
force in throwing.
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force in throwing.
No hip rotation = no shot.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
When body is angled with
the left foot forward and
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the left foot forward and
the right leg straight back
hip rotation can occur.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Both hips rotate to cock
the ball and shoot the ball.
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the ball and shoot the ball.
Shooter can only feel the
right hip move.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Hungarians state the “Right Hip is Supreme.”
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What this means is that hip rotation is the major
motion in throwing.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Hungarians state the “Right Hip is Supreme.”
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Hip rotation is the shot.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Hungarians state the “Right Hip is Supreme.”
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The lower body, hips, make rotational acceleration.
The upper body, torso and right arm make linear
acceleration by flexion and extension motions.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Shooter’s hips rotate to
cock the ball and to shoot
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cock the ball and to shoot
the ball.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Shooter’s hips rotate back
to cock the ball.
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to cock the ball.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Shooter’s hips rotate
forward to throw the ball.
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forward to throw the ball.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Shooter’s hips rotate
forward to throw the ball.
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forward to throw the ball.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
The aware shooter can
feel the right hip rotate
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feel the right hip rotate
during the cocking and
throwing stages.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
4. RIGHT HIP ROTATES
Numb shooters cannot
feel the right hip.
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feel the right hip.
Great shooters feel the
right hip.
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13. LOWER BODY
5. VERTICAL BACK
Strong legs keep
shooter’s back vertical.
SS
TT
RR
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NN
GG
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Strong leg positioning
also keeps the shooter’s
back vertical.
GG
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GG
SS
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Water Polo
demands a
vertical back
with a strong
VERTICAL BACKVERTICAL BACK
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with a strong
leg kick.
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Verticality
Strong legs
and the correct
leg positioning.
VERTICAL BACKVERTICAL BACK
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leg positioning.
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Verticality
Legs are strong
to support the
shooter.
VERTICAL BACKVERTICAL BACK
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shooter.
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Verticality
Legs are split
wide to balance
the shooter.
VERTICAL BACKVERTICAL BACK
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the shooter.
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Verticality
Both are necessary
to have a vertical
back.
VERTICAL BACKVERTICAL BACK
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back.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
LEG DRILLS
5 LEG DIRECTIONS 3 LEG SPEEDS
1. Vertical 1. Slow
2. Horizontal 2. Medium
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2. Horizontal 2. Medium
3. Lateral 3. Quick
4. Backward
5. Forward 3 INTENSITY
Low, medium, high
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
Dry Land Drills In-The-Water Drills
Weights Swimming, Eggbeatering
Medicine Ball Med Ball Eggbeatering
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Medicine Ball Med Ball Eggbeatering
Tubing Tubing Leg Eggbeatering
Jump Rope Combined Tubing/Ball Eggs.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
The basketball coach has the player run 3 miles for
cardio and then do slowly slam-dunk baskets.
Explosive quick movements requires quickness training.
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Explosive quick movements requires quickness training.
Water polo shooting also demands quickness.
Train quick, be quick for a quick powerful shot.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
DRILL THEORY
A third of the drills are high intensity, high
strength drills. A low intensity eggbeater
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workout: eggbeater 4 laps with a light ball.
Ok if quickness drills are done later to
duplicate the actual speed of shooting.
Swims: 100’s, 75’s, 50’s and 25’s sprints.
Train quick, be quick.
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LEG DRILLS
Player’s legs and hips are strong, quick and flexible.
Player has good vertical elevation, lateral movement to
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the right and left and backward motion.
Legs and hips of the player move from horizontal to
the vertical to intercept a pass or shoot a R.B. shot
(a horizontal to vertical shot dry wrist shot).
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
LEG DRILLS
Player learns to move from an offensive vertical leg
position to horizontal position after the ball is shot.
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position to horizontal position after the ball is shot.
In addition, the player on offense has to quickly
change directions from north to south when the ball
changes hands.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLSLEG STRENGTH DRILLS
Player must has leg strength, leg speed and
leg movement.
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Drills to strengthen the legs and hips fall into
dry land drills using tubing, weights and
medicine balls and in-the-water drills.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
WARM UP LEG DRILLS
Players need to warm up their legs before
performing high intensity/high speed drills.
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Players flutter kick for 100 meters with the
hands out front. Switch to breastroke for 200-
meters. Finish: 8 low intensity eggbeater laps.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
10 WEIGHTLIFTING LEG AND HIP DRILLS
1. Lunges without weight
2. Lunges with 2 dumbbells
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2. Lunges with 2 dumbbells
3. Squats
4. Power Cleans (barbell on floor lift to chest)
5. Leg Press
6. Squat jumps with dumbbells
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
WEIGHTLIFTING
7. Hamstring curls on stomach use Universal Gym.
8. Quadriceps extensions sit on bench Universal Gym.
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9. Stand next to Universal Gym, elbow in, grip pulley
handle and rotate body forward. A hip builder.
10. Exercise arm/shoulder rotate arm by keeping
body motionless. An arm builder.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
8. MEDICINE BALL TRAINING
Hip and torso rotation is the most important movement
in throwing. Legs turn to right and left due to hip rotation.
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in throwing. Legs turn to right and left due to hip rotation.
Demo: stand with hands on hips and try to
turn the right foot out or in without moving the
hips. Nothing. Eggbeater kick is hip rotation.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
MEDICINE BALL TRAINING
Core muscles, the abs and low back, are weak in
water polo players. These are important muscles
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water polo players. These are important muscles
that snap the torso forward and stabilize it.
Abdominal muscles flex torso forward and are
Strengthened by med ball throws. Back extensors
(straighten the back) are also helped by med balls.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
MEDICINE BALL TRAINING
1. Med ball sit up throws. Ab muscles strengthened.
The player holds the ball and throws the ball to a
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partner when lifting up. This type of sit up builds
strength, quickness and movement.
2. Standing med ball slams. Stand on a bench and
slam the ball into the deck and have it bounce back.
Great for explosive movement.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
MEDICINE BALL TRAINING
3. Standing med ball hip rotation. Use very heavy ball, hold to chest, and rotate to the left and right 30x.
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4. Side to side med ball. Use a 4-9 lb. ball toss the
ball from side to side. Get on knees, isolates the
torso muscles, and throw the ball side to side 20x.
5. Kneeling tosses. Kneel, 1-4 lb. ball, throw ball at
wall 50x. Ball bounces ball to thrower.
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13. LOWER BODY DRILLS
MEDICINE BALL TRAINING
6. Standing tosses. Standing arch back with
ball overhead, crunch abs and throw 2-hand
high pass to partner. Builds arms and core.
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high pass to partner. Builds arms and core.
7. Med ball jumps. Jump up and toss 2-hand
pass to partner.
8. Lie on back lift. Partner places heavy med
ball in outstretched hands, lower and lift up.
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13. LOWER BODY FUNDAMENTALS
SUMMARY
1. The legs throw the ball.
The legs are the shot.
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2. The legs are the shot.
3. The left foot pivots and points.
4. All throwing mistakes are leg mistakes.
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SUMMARY CONTINUED
5. The legs create aim, accuracy, angularity (angled body), verticality and velocity to the shooter’s shot.
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shot.
6. The lower body is composed of the legs and hips.
The legs elevate, hips rotate the shooter’s body.
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13. LOWER BODY Q & A1. The left foot aims the ball.
True False
2. The right hand aims the ball.TrueFalse
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False3. The legs and hips are the shot.
True False
4. Aim, accuracy, angularity, velocity and verticality come from the shooter’s legs. True False
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13. LOWER BODY Q & A
5. The lower body is the legs and hips.
True
False
6. The hips throw the ball.
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6. The hips throw the ball.
True
False
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13. LOWER BODY Q & A
ANSWERS
1. True
2. False
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2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. True
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13. LOWER BODY Q & A
ANSWERS
1. T Left foot aims the ball. Right hand follows left foot.
. F Right hand releases the ball but does not aim it.
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2. F Right hand releases the ball but does not aim it.
3. T Most of the power and all accuracy is the lower body.
4. T Almost everything comes from the legs.
5. T Anatomically the lower body is the legs and hips.
6. T (Hips provide the rotation to throw the ball.)
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End of Part II
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End of Part II