The team with the ball must try and keep possession of the ball. Only 2 players from each team are allowed to be inside the area.
1 player can move anywhere on the outside of the area. To involve this player, the players inside the area have to pass the ball to the outside player.
On doing so, the outside player can come into the area and the player that passed the ball becomes the new outside player.
The key in this game is for players to make use of the outside player as they are the only player who won't be marked.
After passing to the outside players must ensure that they swap over quickly in order to try and maintain possession!
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