- front person in each line runs into middle, gets ball, dribbles it to their team then back to the middle
- then next pupil in line goes
- progression: put cones in, dribble through cones; pupil in line hold fingers up for the dribbler to call out
- competition
- focus on keeping head up
- ball control
- speed
- quickest way to collect ball from stationary
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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