Pulse raiser
Half lap of the pitch
Dynamic stretching- tiptoes, lunges with twist, hamstring walks, inchworm, spiderman crawl, with jogging back.
All players with ball, different coloured cones around the outside of the centre circle, dribbling around then go to blue cone, red cone etc.
Have two teams, one team with balls one without trying to win possesion.
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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