Get the team to go in a line and everyone has a ball and stick which they have to dribble. They leader will go and the rest have to follow, when the coach yells stop, they must stop and the front person moves to the back and then they carry on.
Make sure that they aren't just going in stright lines, maybe set up some cones for them to go around if they want to. Try and make it roughly even with who is a the front so that everyone gets a fair go.
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