
Station A: Side shuffle around the cones Station B: Start at white, Sprint to red, side shuffle left to black, side shuffle right back to red, side shuffle right to green, side shuffle left back to red, back paddle back to white. next person go. Station C: Whole team to make a circle and do their own static stretches. Station D: Team to do stick and ball knock up.( two man )
Make sure each player does Station A: 4 times. Station B: to be done at high intensity. Make sure that the knock up is at game intensity.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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