{"id":612,"date":"2016-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/a-and-b-skips-instruction-coachup-cross-country-training\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:48:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:48:18","slug":"a-and-b-skips-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/a-and-b-skips-instruction","title":{"rendered":"A and B Skips Instruction | CoachUp Cross Country Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Pat O&#8217;Connor explains the importance of A and B skips.<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AkHOEIIk6RI\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AkHOEIIk6RI\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pat O\u2019Connor: Hi, I\u2019m coach Pat O\u2019Connor here with CoachUp. 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