The player will start on the floor change the position or exercise they are performing whenever drill has been performed. first the athlete will be on there belly waiting for the command. Then they must sprint to the first cone directly infront of them 20m away. full 100% max intensity once at arrived at the cone must side step out to the according side then back to the middle before running on to the ball and trying to score whilst working against another player. After every repetition switch to opposite side
Bloomfield, Polman and O'Donoghue state that midfielders spend 54% moving straight forwards with backwards and lateral movements the next most popular movements performed. Midfielders spend 7.9% shuffling from one side to another.
Bradley et al., 2009 wide midfielders high intensity sprints they perform last approximately 15-20m and occurring every 4 minutes.
Progressions- Change position/ exercise given at start
- work rest ratio increase to 1-1 ratio
- add weighted vest to athlete
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