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Agility Drill - Deceleration Shuttles, Circles

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  • HOW: Set up two cones as a gate on two sides. Place one cone 5 feet from the gate and another 5 feet from that one. Start at one gate sprinting to the first cone. Stutter step clockwise around the cone, move to the next one and do the same. Run through the other gate. Repeat going the other way and going counter-clockwise around the cones. 
  • FEEL: You should feel the muscles in your legs working. 
  • COMPENSATION: Make sure to slow up and break down your sprint in order to properly turn each way.

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