• Hold medicine ball behind head with both hands

• Lunge forward with right leg to 1 o'clock position

• Lower until back knee nearly touches ground; keep front knee behind front toes

• Push up into standing position and lunge left leg to 11 o'clock position

• Repeat in walking fashion

BENEFITS: "The angled part of this exercise really opens up the adductors and is a little more functional than a straight ahead lunge. When you are on the field, you're not always moving straight ahead. Soccer players—especially centers—have to reach way out for balls with their legs, and this drill places a bit of torque and stretching on the back leg to better prepare them for it."