The basketballs will be rolled back and forth as quick as the players can go.
If one of the players fumbles the ball or does not go quick enough and ends up with 2 basketballs. That player will have to do a push up.
After the push up the game will continue.
Players may not deliberately give their partner a bad feed - if they do then they will have to do a push up.
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