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Hockey: Warm Up Circuit

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Setup:

Lay out sticks on the ground about 1 metre apart.
Six sticks should be laid in a continuous straight line.
Five cones in a zig-zag formation.
Use ladders or a line of two cones close together (about 30cm between each pair).
Place a stick on a pair of cones x6, about 1 metre between each one.

The drill:

Players run in and out of the sticks
Players jump with feet together over the sticks (from left to right followed by right to left)
Run round the cones, the players should touch the cone with the inside hand each time
Players touch the pitch with one foot between each space
Players run through and over as fast as they can. Check that they lift their knees nice and high going over the hurdles.

COACHING POINTS

When finished section 5 run back to the 1st station and join the back of the queue to start again.

Repeat this circuit 4-5 times.

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