TAP AND RUN BATTING WARM UP GAME
* DIVIDE THE TEAM INTO 03 GROUPS ( 8 6 6 ) / THESE WARM UP GAMES WILL BE HELD IN THREE DIFFERENT STATIONS
* 08 PLAYERS NEED TO PLAY THIS GAME ( 04 PLAYERS ACTING AS FIELDERS OUT SIDE THE SQUARE / 02 PLAYERS ACTING AS BATTERS / 01 FEEDER / 01 WICKET KEEPER )
* FEEDER FEED THE BALL USING A LITTLE UNDER ARM THROW. THEN STRIKER TAP THE BALL AND RUN ( THEY CAN RUN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN )
* THE BALL MUST BE IN THE SQUARE / IF THE BALL GO OUT CAN'T RUN
* PLAYERS ACTING AS PAIRS / THERE ARE 12 BALLS IN ONE PAIR /
* AFTER HITTING THE BALL, FIELDERS CAN COME TO THE IN SIDE OF SQUARE
* THE HIGHEST SCORED PAIR IS THE WINNER
* AFTER FINISH THIS GAME STRETCH WELL USING STATIONARY DYNAMIC STRETCHING
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