Warm Up Minimum of 2 Half Pitch Laps (1 Full Pitch) Followed by 10 Minutes of Dynamic Stretches working all major muscle groups. including High Knees, Heel Flicks and some short sprints. Pyramid Run Cones are layed out at/on the 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m and the 23m Line Players run from the baseline to each cone always returning to the baseline. The order which you should complete the run goes: 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, 23m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 5m. You work up the pyramid then back down the pyramid. This Run should be completed 3 times with 30 seconds rest between each run.
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