ANIMATION A)
Front person= Decision Maker
Back person= Reactor
Race to opposite cones & back
-Outside foot push off & Deceleration
ANIMATION B)
Same decision making & reaction from athletes, introduce a feeder who also become a decision maker and can pass to either athlete.
Athlete that doesnt receive pass must drop back towards The Centre Corridor.
3RD PROG- Original Feeder must cut through C Corridor after original feed to re-offer
Original Receiver of 1st pass can then choose bewtween both re-offers to pass to.
Make it harder by having decision maker use a prelim that recator then has to read off.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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