Two teams with a jail and safe box on each side. Player stay safe until the cross over the middle to the other side. Objective is to get to the safe box that has a ball with out being tagged. Once in the box they have 5 seconds to play the ball out to get it back to the other side. When they have the ball the only way they are out is if they loose the ball to an openate. Players go to jail if they are tagged on the opposite side w/o a ball If player gets tagged, they go to jail. The only way out of jail is by a member of their team getting to the jail and tagging them. If player makes it to the jail without being tagged, they and their teammate gets a free walk back. Game reset when the ball makes it to the other side. Ball needs to either dribbled across the line. No just striking the ball from the box to otherside. Must be dribbled or passed to another player before crossing line.
Creative thinking, working together to achieve a common goal
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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