Race against the feilder and the batsman. The coach is to yell "YES" and throw the ball inot the feild while the batsman tries to make two runs. The feilder needs to field the ball and return it to the keeper (starting end / yellow)
Make sure you call YES instead of go, get the batsman used to the words YES, NO or WAIT
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