set up a 40 x 40 box mark it out with cones
8 players
1 ball
2 mins keep ball
after 2 mins put a line in the box at each end and play for 3 mins see how many times the players can get the ball in to it , you can run it in or pass it in
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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