the coach will have a stop watch to time how it will take to finish 4 sets of suicide .
all team players must line up around BEHIND the black base line , the teams have to run there own pace at all times NO WALKING
step 1
start of on the black base line and run to the green marker and run back , without stopping you must coninute this repeadly with all four markers , each time you run to one of these marker , ensure that you have ran back to the base and moved to the next one .
start of by jogging not sprinting.
move your arms front and back if you are struggling with running to the last red marker
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