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The coach said that they _________ to the gym every day next week to get in shape for the tournament game.

  1. should go
  2. will go
  3. will be going

Any of the three options work. The sentence is reported speech. The reported speech includes the phrase "next week", which–when used properly–refers to a situation that has still not happened at the time of the reported speech. Since this is the case, the modal verb will is fine; it does not have to be backshifted in this case. Thus, both 2 and 3 are okay. 1 is also okay in this context.