Set up a square roughly 10m x 10m.
Have a few players at each corner.
A Player (1) from one corner runs anti-clockwise towards Player 2. Player 2 passes into the feet of Player 1 and starts running clockwise to the next corner.
Player 1 then passes the ball on the diagonal for Player 2 to run onto. Once received, the ball in then passed onto the next player to repeat the pattern.
Play moves anti-clockwise, allowing each player to have a few turns.
Then play clockwise.
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