IN A SQUARE PLAYERS HAVE TO MOVE SIDEWAYS AROUND GRID WHEN COACH BLOWS WHISTLE THEY CHANGE THE DIRECTION OTHER COMMANDS CAN BE ADDED TO WARM UP HALF A SQUAT, STILL MOVING SIDEWAYS DEEPER SQUAT THAN 1, STILL MOVING SIDEWAYS HIT THE DECK RYTHM, ARMS ABOVE HEAD-FULL EXTENSION OUT TO SIDE- BACK DOWN TO SIDE
QUICK SHARP SIDESTEPS STRAIGHT BACK WHEN SQUATING HIT THE DECK AS QUICK AS THEY CAN INTO PUSH UP POSITION BEFORE GETTING UP GOOD EXTENSIONS ON RYTHM BE AWARE OF SPACE
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