Pairs stand 3 to 4 metres apart between a pair of cones (their goal).
By throwing the ball underarm, below waist height, players must try to get the ball through their opponent's cones.
Players score a point every time their opponent either drops the ball or fails to prevent it passing between their cones.
Players should vary the pace, height and direction of their throws.
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