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A. Rotational Scoop Toss

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  • Start with hips perpendicular to the wall.
  • Throw the ball as hard as you can at the wall. Try to break the wall.
  • After follow through, hips should be about square to the wall.

B1. Snatch Progression

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  • All about the hips. Get hips back.
  • "Jump" the weight up.
  • Keep the weight close to your body. Should come straight up, not out away from your body.
  • Lock out elbows in the catch.
  • If you do not have the shoulder mobility required for this exercise or it is otherwise uncomfortable, try dumb bell snatches instead. Do 6 reps - three in each hand.
  • Here's an (Alternate) DB Snatch Progression: link

B2. Box Jumps

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  • Find a bench, box, or other object that allows you to land on it with a knee angle of greater than 90 degrees. Otherwise, the surface is definitely too high.
  • Land softly with the entire foot on the surface.

C1. Backward Lunges

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  • Step back with one leg. Do not let your knee touch the ground
  • Explosively step forward again using primarily the front leg
  • Keep the back foot off the ground when you stand up again if possible
  • Do all reps on one leg first and then the other

C2.Barbell RDL

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  • Keep back flat
  • Knees at about 10 degree angle throughout the movement
  • Lock out hips at the top. (knees may now be more straight but not locked)