1. The coach place a hoop with 40 red balls on the service box .
2. Player place their racquet on the ground (evenly spaced) and approximately 3 metres from the nest of balls .
3. On GO the player run to the hoop, squat down low to retrieve a ball then return to their racquet where they place the balls.
4. Continue until all the balls are gone from hoop in the middle. The playe who has gathered the most number of red balls on their racquet is the winner
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