fun warm up game 4 'safe areas' each different coloured catchers in ratio to participant numbers coach calls out two colours, the participants in those two coloured areas need to swap, i.e., if red and blue and called people in the red box need to go to the blue box etc. as soon as participants leave the box they cannot go back into their box they have left, catchers are free to tag everyone but are not allowed into the safe areas. coach can shout rainbow, when this is called everyone from every box needs to go to a different coloured box, you are not allowed to go back to the same colour you were at.
encourage and promote good decision making praise good footwork and play
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