Teams of 5, one wicket keeper and 4 fielders.
Wicket keeper rolls ball out, fielder retrieves ball using correct technique and throws ball back to wicket keeper over top of the stumps.
5 minute practice then race through group. First group to have every member of the group retrieve ball and throw back to keeper wins.
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