Some coaches flip the ball to the first baseman from inside the dugout. Some, like Giants first-base coach Joe Lefebvre, step out of the dugout for the ceremony. Some flip underhand, some sidearm.

For the first variation of the throw, use the smaller med ball and toss and catch with only one hand. For the second, use the larger ball, and both hands to throw and catch. "Make your partner ...

Steve Plasencia, head coach of the University of Minnesota cross country and track teams, also puts his runners to work with a medicine ball. "I feel that the med ball has a fun aspect to it ...

This is especially important when training for sports, and even more so for ones like golf and baseball, where one’s ability to whack the ball depends in large part on how quickly they can whip the ...

Lift lighter weights faster. That's why Sean De Wispelaere, a coach for Thrive Training Systems, adds the staggered-step med-ball toss to his workouts. It requires explosively pitching a six- to ...

In the shotgun on third-and-2, Mahomes had to pull the ball down and run to his right ... Mahomes casually chucked a no-look underhand toss to running back Jerick McKinnon, who stayed on his ...