Hold the ball between your legs, one hand behind, one hand in fornt.
Gently throw the ball up and swap your hands, from back to front and front to back and catch the ball before it touches the ground. Flexing legs.
See how quickly you can do this, how many in 30secs.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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