3, 4 or 5 Players on the line Players run out as a line to the 10m mark Then running backwards suffle across to the 2nd channel and the next set of players join in run out to the 10m Backwards as a line and suffle across into the 3rd channel Stride out to the 20m cone Work back to the start outside the grid with dynamic stretches.
Defensive line Communication Stretching Sprinting Everytime each group runs through change the stretch.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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