What correction is recommended when the medicine ball clean lacks hip extension, in terms of the ratio of deadlift-shrugs to cleans?

• A. One deadlift-shrug for every two medicine-ball cleans.
• B. Two deadlift-shrugs for every one medicine-ball clean.
• C. Three deadlift-shrugs for every two medicine-ball cleans.
• D. No such correction; avoid deadlift-shrugs.

Answer: (C)

When a medicine-ball clean isn’t achieving hip extension, you need more pulling work that trains the hip drive and the shrug, without losing focus on the clean pattern itself. Increasing the volume of pulling movements helps develop the posterior chain and the explosive finish that lifts the ball upward, while still allowing practice of the clean so the pattern carries over. The recommended balance is three deadlift-shrugs for every two medicine-ball cleans. This ratio gives enough extra pull and shrug work to reinforce hip extension and scapular acceleration, yet preserves enough clean practice to refine technique and catch. If you do too few deadlift-shrugs, the hip drive may stay weak; if you do too many, you risk overemphasizing the pull and tiring the athlete before the actual cleans.