This helps with Side Stepping as well as Agility and speed.
The Players stand in a line on the 1st RED cone.
They must go round the outside of the cone and use their outside leg to push off on the ground to give them extra power when running.
Some of the cone are 2 metres apart, some are a metre or less apart.
Once the player has gone round the last YELLOW cone they must go round to the 2nd RED cone and sprint back to the back of the queue.
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