ALL players start off holding ball:
Left - Start at blue cones, run in and out of yellow cones, round orange cone and back.
Top - Quick feet through ladder, round orange cone and back. Add sprinting to outside cone after.
Right: Start through gate over hurdles andback around orange cone.
Bottom - Run in and out of the yellow cones, round orange cone and back.
Change it up regularly, doing it backwards, sideways, mixtures.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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