- Player Starts and runs 10m- Does 5x Burpees, then runs another 10m- Here there is a coach with a tackle pad, player puts on a hit, get up, another 10m run- The next point is 10 push ups, gets up runs 10m- Here there are cones where the player, keeping hips square up, slide, back, slide and repeat.- Player then runs 5m to hit a pad and drive the coach back. Once they drive them, there is a grid set up with 3 players running and passing 5m between each. As the new player enters, the players who has been there the longest will depart to join the circuit.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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