Use this drill to increase HR whilst introducing basic movement patterns associated with sport. (This will make better use of time than 5 minutes of jogging or similiar.) The five key movements that can be worked on, although there are many more, are: Running forward Back pedaling Side shuffle Backward diagonal shuffle Forward diagonal run Backward diagonal run Each one of these also has an acceleration and deceleration component. Example of running pattern. forward run from A-B Side shuffle from B-C Back pedal from C-D Diagonal forward D-B Back pedal B-A Diagonal forward A-C Side shuffle C-B Backward diagonal shuffle B-D Foward run D-C Backward diagonal run C-A
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