
Get the players to partner up and get them to rock paper scissor each other. the winners go one side of the line and the losers line up opposite there partner. one side is called rats and the other side is called rabbits. The coach then yells out rats or rabbits then the aim of the game is to run to the line that is 10 metres away from the centre before his partner tags him. For example if i called out rabbits, all the players on the rabbit side will run to the line that is 10 metres away from the centre line before his partner tags him.
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