grid is 45 yards in length with 15 yard inetrvals by 30 yards wide at both ends the entire team starts at one corner to start: they jog an entire lap back to the starting point when they return players sprint one interval at a time and jog all the way back to startin point, then progress intervals (e.g. sprint 2, then jog back around, sprint 3 then jog back around, etc..) until they have to SPRINT THE ENTIRE PERIMETER
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE JOG (that's the resting period)
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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