Players pair up. Given 30 seconds, they aim to tag each other below the knew and keep score. Winners then pair with winners etc and repeat.
Body position when defending (low centre of gravity, soft knees, balls of feet, quick in, quick out), changing feet and keeping balance, reacting to opponent.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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