Players carry out the commands from the coach. The commands are as follows:
They must react as quickly as possible.
Players should be light on their toes, ready to react quickly to the coach's command.
Mix things up here, don't let the commands become predictable and feel free to add some more commands of your own to really test players' concentration (turn right, turn left etc).
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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