Dynamic Stretching (5 minutes) High knees Butt kicks Arm circles Leg swings Torso twists Agility Ladder Drills (5 minutes) One foot in each square Two feet in each square Lateral shuffle In-and-out (both feet in and out of each square) 2 Man Knock Up (5 minutes) 2 in a group Start close together Push pass End 10 meters apart
Make sure they don't take the warm up as a joke.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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