4 blue try to possess the ball in red grid vs 3 yellow blue earns points by completing a predetermined number of uninterrupted passes if yellow gains possession, they pass to yellow teammate in adjacent white grid all yellows then transition to the catty corner purple grid and begin possession passing trying to earn points however, 3 blue have also transitioned into the catty corner purple grid to defend yellow and 1 blue has transitioned into adjacent black grid transition to and from these grids continues until a predetermined amount of points is earned by a team for example, points can be that 3 consecutive passes equals a point and 5 points equals a win
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