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Tactical Focus:
Avoid Getting Out
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Place two buckets or milk crates about 10 m. apart |
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Within the group, one player is the batter while the others are the fielders |
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Batter uses a raquet as the bat (e.g., tennis raquet, wooden paddle, raquetball raquet, etc.) |
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The batter stands at the "home" bucket. |
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One of the fielders pitches the ball underhand to the batter. The pitcher keeps pitching the ball until the batter hits it (no strike outs) |
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The batter can strike the ball anywhere in the playing area. |
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Once the batter hits the ball, he/she then runs with the raquet back and forth between the two buckets. The batter scores a run each time he/she reaches a bucket safely. |
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1 run is scored each time the batter reaches a bucket safely. The batter can stop at any of the buckets. |
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The fielding team attempts to get the batter out by either: a) catching the ball, or b) hitting one of the buckets with the ball while the batter is running in between the buckets. |
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A batter keeps batting until the fielding team gets the batter out or the batter has hit the ball 6 times. |
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The pitcher then becomes the new batter, one of the fielders becomes the new pitcher, and the batter joins the fielding team |
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Play until everyone has had a chance to be the batter and the pitcher. |
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Over a duration of time (e.g., 2 or 3 classes) encourage players to score more runs each time they play as opposed to comparing who scored the most runs. |
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Pitcher can only throw the ball without bending his/her elbow. |
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To score a run, the batter must get to the opposite bucket and back. |
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Place the buckets in the middle of the playing area and the batter can hit it anywhere, including behind |
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Add a rule that if the pitcher hits the bucket on a pitch, the batter is also out. |
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Each fielder must touch the ball before the fielding team can try to get the batter out |
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The batter must use a different type of locomotion each time they run back and forth between the buckets |
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Play in pairs when batting. Each batter stands at one of the buckets. Always bat from the "home" bucket; so, whoever is at the home bucket hits the ball from the pitcher. Pairs score a run each time they both reach the opposite bucket safely. |
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What are effective tactics to avoid getting out? |
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Need to decide whether to run to score additional runs and risk getting out given that the batter only gets a maximum of six bats. |
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Looking for open areas in the playing area to hit the ball away from the fielders |
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Do you risk having the fielders catch the ball by hitting the ball high in the air over fielders |
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Do you try and hit the ball on the ground to avoid a fly out but also reduce the distance the ball is hit |
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If no raquets are available, batter uses his/her hand as the paddle. |
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Increase or decrease the size of the ball being used |
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Increase or decrease the size of the paddle being used to hit the ball. |
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Fielders can use implements to collect the ball if needed (e.g., lacrosse stick, scoops, etc). |
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LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY
Easy
Moderate
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