* official test
* boys and girls test themselves
* 1x slalom without ball
* 1x slalom with ball and stick
* 3x shuttle without ball and stick
* 3x shuttle with ball and stick
SLALOM with ball and stick
Ball has to go around cones, feet don't.
Shuttle sprint (with / without ball)
both feet and ball need to go over the line at eacht turn
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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