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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

‘Once you start it’s hard to stop’: wallball trialled to get sedentary Britons active

People try out wallball at Surrey Quays shopping centre in London.
People try out wallball at Surrey Quays shopping centre in London. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Can the simple joy of slapping a ball against a wall tempt shoppers and office workers to take a little more exercise?

That is the question posed by British Land, one of the UK’s biggest property companies, which is trialling wallball – like squash but with hands and a single wall – which it hopes to roll out at its retail and commercial developments.

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