
low intensity cool down with stretches: walk around in an area marked by cones, call out static stretches for the participants to do, whilst they are walking. Each static stretch will be help for up to 30 seconds. The static stretches will involve stretching parts of the body that were predominantly used during the session.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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