- Player Starts and runs 10m- Does 5x Burpees, then runs another 10m- Here there is a coach with a tackle pad, player puts on a hit, get up, another 10m run- The next point is 10 push ups, gets up runs 10m- Here there are cones where the player, keeping hips square up, slide, back, slide and repeat.- Player then runs 5m to hit a pad and drive the coach back. Once they drive them, there is a grid set up with 3 players running and passing 5m between each. As the new player enters, the players who has been there the longest will depart to join the circuit.
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