The Zoo

1. For 8 to 12 players, mark a 15 by 15 metre square and split it into two halves with a line of discs.
2. Two players are animals, without a ball; each must stay in its own half, its cage. Everyone else has a ball and dribbles anywhere in the square.
3. An animal tries to win the ball from anyone in its half. When it does, the two swap: the dribbler becomes the animal in that half.
4. A dribbler whose ball leaves the square also swaps with the animal of that half.
5. Play 2-minute rounds and pick two new animals for each round.

With an animal in each half, the dribbler has to keep both in view: where each one is, which way it is facing, and which half is calmer right now. The choice is where to take the ball: away from the animal closing in, across the line into the quieter half, or through a gap with a change of pace when there is nowhere to escape. The animals learn to pick a target and trap it against the edges of their half.