- Participants will queue behind a marker at one end of the hall, from here, they will then carry out: 5 star jumps and 5 push-ups, they will then run into the feeder (Another Coach) who throws them the ball, they will have to aim at the stumps and hit them.
- The drill is designed to make it that the participant is under pressure (High heart rate due to exercise).
-The drill can be adapted by a Wicket Keeper (WK) standing behind the stumps, they will raise their glove in a direction (Without telling the fielder), the fielder will then have to hit the glove after the star jumps and push ups after the reach the pick-up point for the ball.
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