Use full and half turns Cone 1 is 10 yards from cone 2 Cone 3 is half way between cones 1 and 2 Cone 4 is 10 yards from cone 3 Player sprints to first cone Player then full turns back to cone three At cone 3, player wraps around to their left and sprint to cone 4 Player then full turns back to cone five At cone 5, player wraps around to their right and sprint to cone 6
Good crisp hard turns, full sprinting. Run six sets with 30 second break between. Variation: Add a ball
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