Station 1: Weight Throw - From a kneeling position
Station 2: 60yrd Sprint - speed test
Station 3: 5yrd-10-yr-5yrd - speed and agility run. Start and centre cone run to first cone touch and back to far cone touch and back to centre cone touch
Station 4: Vertical Jump - Squat and jump as high as possible
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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