2 lines of players - 2m apart, on cones. Ball carrier walks up the centre - Hip, Head, hands - preparing to pass. When they pass the receiver must run the whole circuit of the game - being chased by the ball carrier. Once the goose is chosen, then second ball carrier starts their Hip, Head, hands walk.
Hip, Head, Hands. Catch not snatch.
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