Step 1: For upper-body strength, the Khelo India battery uses the Medicine Ball Throw: the student sits on the floor with back against a wall, legs extended, holding a medicine ball at chest height with both hands.
Step 2: Keeping the back flat against the wall throughout, the student pushes the ball forward and away as forcefully as possible using only the arms and chest, without lifting the shoulders off the wall.
Step 3: The distance from the wall to the point where the ball first lands is measured using a measuring tape, usually recording the best of two or three attempts.
Step 4: Because the wall eliminates any help from the legs or torso momentum, the distance thrown is a direct measure of upper-body, arm and chest, explosive strength.