In pairs, one student is the server and the other is the receiver. The server is to perform a serve, htting the ball in the court legally, and then run towards the net. The receiver is to hit the serve back over the net for the serve to hit. The server then performs a volley (forehand or backhand) over the net. Students are given 5 shots each. If the serve does does not go in, the pin get the students doing an underarm serve in the second serve
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