Setup, Equipment & Instructions
- Smashies to play as individuals.
- Set up a line of cones, with Smashies facing the same direction.
- Each Smashie has a large ball.
- Smashies should use two hands and attempt to spin / rotate the ball.
- Smashies score a point by throwing their ball over the line of cones and trying to make it bounce back towards them. If it spins back past the cones, they score a point.

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