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Rounders: Rounders Hockey - Roll the ball

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Set up:

Split players into two teams (no more than 5v5 - set up several mini-games if necessary). Pitch marked out with 2 goals. Size will depend upon your players' ability and numbers in the group but 20m by 10m is a good starting point.

The Game:

This is an invasion game and the aim is to score a goal by rolling the ball through the oppositions goal.

Rules:

Roll only to score. Cannot move with the ball, defending team must be a metre away from the player with the ball.

If the ball hits an attacking players' foot in open play the ball is given to the defending team. If the ball hits your team's foot from an attempt at goal then a penalty is awarded. The penalty is taken from behind the half way line and only one player can defend it from the corner of the pitch. On the coach's call of "GO" the attacker rolls the ball and the defender can run across to defend the shot.

COACHING POINTS

Practice getting down low with the head up (good fielding habits).

Progression:

Change the sending action and combine skill so that players can still roll underarm but can also throw overarm to pass the ball (no overarm shooting).

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Roll out race:

Players stand in teams behind their cone, with a ball each.

When the coach says 'Go' each player rolls their ball out diagonally, through the cones nearest their starting position.

After rolling out their own ball (along the ground) players must sprint out and collect the ball thrown by the other side.

As soon as they have collected the ball they must sprint back with the ball in hand past the starting cone.

The coach decides which player makes it back first and awards their team one point.

Ground Fielding

Kick Ball Rounders:

Set up:

Pitch marked out in the same shape as a normal rounders pitch with cones 6m apart. Split players into two small teams (no more than 5v5). Use a size 4/5 size sponge/plastic ball

Rules:

The bowler throws the ball underarm with a bounce from the bowling box to the batting box. The batter can hit the ball with any part of their body.

Once the batter has hit the ball they then run around the 4 bases. They can stop at any base.

The fielders then field the ball into the bowler to stop the batter from running on. Gradually more rules are introduced once the principles of play have been learned.

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Netball rounders - Throw through the hoop!:

Set up a pitch using cones that is roughly the same size as a netball court (30m x 15m) and divide your players into two equal teams.

Players can run in all areas of the pitch but they are not allowed to run with the ball.

Players must try to get the ball to a player in the shooting circle for them to score a point.

Conditioned games

Beat the ball:

Split the group into teams of 5. One team throwing the ball around posts.

One team running around the posts.

The ball starts by the batting square and has to be thrown to post one then 2 then 3 then 4 then back to the batting square.

The running team have to run and tag.

The first player in the batting square has to run to tag 1st post player this player has to run to release the player at 2nd post etc until the player on the forth post is tagged and runs back to the batting square.

Start again when ball and players are back in position again.

Best of 5 runs.

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