Setup, Equipment & Instructions
- Set up a coned square.
- Divide Smashies into pairs.
- Smashies hit the ball backwards and forwards to each other within the square, similar to a tennis rally.
- Each hit equals 1 point. The points return to 0 when a hit isn’t successfully returned.

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