4 posts, 2 lines of players (workers), 1 ball, 1/3 space.
Ball to start with one of the workers who passes the ball to either the post on the left or right.
Player follows the pass and always drives back to the middle.
Worker number 2 drives to recieve pass from the first post in the middle and passes off to any post, and follows pass.
Post passes back to the other worker who will recieve the ball in the middle.
This is repeated until all posts have been passed to.
There is no particular order for the posts to be used so players need to communicate.
Players always follow thier pass.
Players always drive back to the middle to recive and pass.
To progress, workers can tap posts for them to take over the driving. This requires further communication.
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