The first player rolls the ball out to player 2 (in the opposite line) who runs to meet the ball and performs an under arm flick back to player 1.
Player 1 runs with the ball into the middle and puts it down before joining the back of the other queue.
As soon as this player has run to the back of this line the next player goes.
The first team to take 10 catches wins.
If a catch is dropped then the score goes back to 0.
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