How To Use A Weight Ball Correctly: Don’t Strain The Shoulder

Many Water Polo players pass with weight balls like it’s a normal ball but it is not. Weight balls should be treated differently with different exercises to prevent rotator cuff injuries. In this video I talk about the wrong way to use the weight ball and I give a couple of great weight ball exercises you can use instead. ‪@ShaquaticsNet‬

[@antonios-st.frantz6523]

Wrist isolation was great!

[@ShaquaticsNet]

Awesome!

[@wolfric29199]

Hey, greetings from Germany :D I love how active your channel has been for the last few months, I'm not missing a single video! A quick question: I know these weight balls come in different weights and sizes. What weight / size do you recommend for the exercises in this video?

[@ShaquaticsNet]

Great question, a lot is personal preference and how strong you are, but for the wrist isolation I wouldn’t go too heavy, maybe a pound up to 2 or 3 pounds. Then for the two hands you could go a little heavier. Use your own judgement though, it should be a good burn on the muscle and no strain. Hope that helps.

[@11lhlewis80]

Is it worth passing like a normal ball if your rotator cuff is good? I stretch my shoulder every day

[@ShaquaticsNet]

I don't think it's worth the risk especially when there are alternative drills like the wrist iso's and the two hand over the head. I also like using a regular ball to increase wrist strength because what you want is the quick twitch muscle work. The drill at 1:36 in this video really helped my wrist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXKpaWNmnsSSeqssi=lr05M6G9HGGMXgpd