ACTION: No ball". Players go through each station once and go for a lap around the field. They must complete 3 Sets
1. (Orange): Forward, shuffle, backward around the last cone and then sprint forward
2. (Red): RUNNING zigzag around the cones
3. (Blue): Run around one cone, come oround the start come, run around the other cone, come to the start and accelerate forward. Circle the middle cone and forward again.
4. (Green): Suicides. Forward to 2nd touch the cone and come back to 1st, move the 3rd cone, move back to 2nd. thus till you finish
VARIATION 1: With the ball. Players go through each station once and go for a lap around the field. They must complete 3 sets.
COACH's Tip: encourage players to change speed quickly
PLAYER's Tip: learn how to recover without walking (light jug)
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