
Set up Two Hospitals at opposite ends of the area. a player from each team should be made DR. they stand in the hospital . the other players try bump their opponents balls . when players are bumped they must sit on their own ball and shout " Doctor Doctor " . the doctor then rushes to his or her team mate to high five them so they can rejoin the Game. progress to DR giving out diffrent commands like 10 toe taps 5 stepovers for players to be able to rejoin the game .
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