The coach sets up several checkpoints goals or gates (two yars gates) inside a larger area. There should be at least one or two more checkpoints than there are players. Have the players start running around imagining they are driving a car ; on the coaches signal the players try to run through as many gates as possible, keeping track of how many. Play for 30 seconds at a time.
Progressions: Each player has a ball.
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