- Students are divided into 4 teams of 5 or 6
- Each student needs a racket, one ball per team
- First person starts with the tennis ball on their racket and must run it down to the next player without dropping the ball
- If they drop it they have to run back to the start and go again
- Continue until all teams make it through
Change to doing it with left hand
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