Students will work in pairs with 1 ball between them.
Markers will be set up at a metre distance.
Students will drag the ball from one marker to the other before rotating the stick and dragging it back. They are to do this 10 times.
Focusing on having the ball on the stick as much as possible and for the ball to not touch the markers.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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