The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) has dropped the medicine ball toss, removed the word “Combat” from its name, and introduced higher scoring requirements for combat arms soldiers. The ...

Backward overhead medicine ball throws, similar to the standing power throw, have high test-retest reliability when assessing power in athletes, according to a 2001 study published in the Journal ...

The Army has reconfigured its fitness test, dropping the ball throw, making the test sex-neutral for combat arms and raising the minimum required score for 21 combat-focused jobs.

The ball toss was largely seen as a poor measure of explosive power, and too technique-driven as the event favored taller soldiers and demanded some level of precision of how to throw the ball.

Consisting of hex-bar deadlifts, a backwards medicine ball throw, push-ups, planks, a run, and a hybrid sprint-drag-carry—kettlebells and a sled; kinda complicated—the new test is done over ...

Backward overhead medicine ball throws, similar to the standing power throw, have high test-retest reliability when assessing power in athletes, according to a 2001 study published in the Journal ...