
Teams create a line and hold on to teh person infront shoulders. Player at the back wears a tag belt (a bib in their waistband). The aim of the game is to defeat the opposing dragon by tagging their players. The player at the front of the dragon aims to tag the player at the back of the other dragon. Once tagged that player passes the tag to the person infront of them and joins the front of the other dragon becoming a new tagger.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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