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The main objective of this game like many ball sports is to gain control of the ball and therefore an opportunity to score points, as only the team who is attacking can score points in woolerball. The attacking team is the one who is throwing the ball into the feild of play from the throwing zone
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To start a play the attacking and defending team must line up on the back line of the catching zone and the attacking team’s thrower must stand with the ball in the throwing zone. The catcher will then shout start at which point the players in the catching zone can move and jostle for position
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Although this sport is relatively new the number of people playing the game has increased by almost one thousand percent in recent times. This makes it one of the fastest growing regional sports in the United
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64:• The defending team gains possession of the ball in anyway and then becomes the attacking team, they do not score points for getting the ball but they do get the chance to do so once they become the attacking team.
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