Nominate three or four players to start as taggers without a football. All other players carry a ball and run randomly in an area evading taggers. Taggers call out, ‘Touch!’ or ‘Yes!’ when they effect a touch on a runner. The tagged player must immediately perform a rollball (place their ball on the ground between their feet and step over it), and become a tagger. The tagger scoops the ball up and continues playing as a runner
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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