Due to the cold weather, the coach has requested that the warm-ups need to be longer and taken more seriously as finals are upcoming and injuries are not an option. Firstly I made the players do 2 laps of the field at jogging pace. Then I lined them up and took them through all the necessary stretches Lunges, High knees, Butt kicks, Closing/opening the gate, Side steps etc. After stretching I got the players to pass the balls between each other to familiarise themselves for the session.
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