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Rounders: Communication in the Field

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DESCRIPTION

One player on post and another player on each side deep.

The ball is fed in.

If the ball goes to the middle then the middle player gets it.
If it goes left the left player gets it
If it goes right the right player gets it.

The player with the ball rolls it back to the feeder. After a set amount of repetitions players rotates.

COACHING POINTS

Players should communicate to make it clear who is collecting the ball.

Progression:

Throw the ball in between players, forcing them to make a decision about which of them is going to stop the ball.

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Fielding Rotation - Catch and Follow:

One player is fielding deep.

The ball is fed to them to catch and then throw to post.

They player who caught the ball follows the ball to the post and the player on the post runs the ball into the feeder.

Players rotate.

Throwing & Catching

Batting - four player rotation:

One player is batter, one as back-stop, one as first base and other deep fielding.

The bowler feeds the ball to the batter.

The batter gets several balls feed them to practice hitting.

Bowling Machine

Chase Ball:

2 Teams, 2 Balls. One of the teams starts throwing the ball to each other. The other team then throws the ball around to try and overtake the ball from team 1. This practice works best with about 4 - 5 players per team.

Throwing & Catching

Duck and Catch - Reaction Drill:

Set up:

Players work in group of 6 or 8 (there are 5 players in the video but this drill works better when in groups of 6 or 8).

The drill:

One player feeds whilst the other players run towards the feeder.

The first player in line runs out and ducks underneath the ball.
The next player then runs out and catches the ball.
After ducking or catching players should continue to run towards the feeder and then to the back of the line (the player who makes the catch should throw the ball back to the feeder).

Throwing & Catching

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