This Session allows your players to learn through play as we work on catching concentration and batting accuracy through a series of fun games and challenges.
In this session as your players enjoy playing the conditioned games they will continue to hone their skills, working on tracking the ball through the air, even with a lot of distractions, and throwing and batting with real purpose and intent.
To get the ball rolling (excuse the pun) we work on high catching in a pairs running drill, this will get the blood pumping and ensure your players hands are nice and soft. After this warm-up we then start the first of the three games - crossed wires. In this drill players must throw the ball to their partner stood a few meters opposite them, sounds simple, well it's not so easy when there's three other balls flying around!
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