Man to man
the blue are the attackers
red are the defenders
the ball starts with the one attacker and the defenders need to man to man mark and try get the ball from the attackers
if the defenders get the balls over the yellow becons then they change play(defenders must become attackers and attackers are defenders)
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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