Players will begin warm up, by doing some footwork drills, we do this because they getting there feet moving in different directions quickly which is what a Wicket Keeper needs, so they are getting Wicket Keeping practice even in warm up.
They will begin by sidestepping right to let touching each of the individual cones, then when they have finished the cones, they have a short jog to the ladder and have some more footwork drills to complete.
They will then go through this station a few times but with different variations which will be explained to them before so they know what to do.
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