Speed of hands and reaction and thinking skills.
1. Get into groups of 4. 3 with a ball in a line and one opposite the line with a ball. 2. Ball 1 Keeps getting passed up and down the line. 3. Ball 2 gets passed back and forth between the player opposite and the players in the line.
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