Players start in the end zone with the ball. player in the middle is the defender and starts on halfway. defender calls out CROSSOVER! all players must get across the the other endzone. if their ball goes out they become a defender Players cant go over the endzone that is out too. Keep going till you have 1 or 2 winners than start again. Variation is to call out specfic things like CROSSOVER IF YOU HAVE A PET DOG etc. Another variation is if the defender wins the ball they can keep that ball and rejoin the other players.
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