Goal:
- warming up
- fundamental movement skill
Tag game
* in tag game zone
* 1 / 2 taggers. In 1 min how many tagged? (nb if school has 1/2 soft balls, then let them run with ball and can throw people off)
* if tagged they need to go to trainer at stick speed ladder. Do speed ladder task then back in turf.
* trainer counts players.
Speed ladder drills:
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