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Rounders: Warm up drill

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Using a set of cricket wickets or posts. Roll the ball along the ground to a team mate. You can run with the ball, but the ball must be rolled along the ground.

Aim to hit the stumps (approach from any side of the square)in the opposition square, using an underarm flick. The square is made up of cones, distance 5-8 metres from the stumps.
No fielders at any time are allowed inside the square. The ball is never out of bounds, as there are no boundaries.

COACHING POINTS

Introduce 2 balls

Change throwing and passing criteria on whistle.

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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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Dont get caught in possession:

The aim of the game is to make 10 catches by a team without getting caught whilst holding the ball by the other team.

If a player is touched the ball goes to the other team and they try to achieve 10 catches.

First team to take the 10 catches whilst staying in the grid wins.

Players can run with the ball and if they do run out the grid the ball goes to the other side as well as if the ball is dropped.

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Catch the ball:

Ask the players to spread themselves and have 1 ball for the players to throw or roll the ball to each other.

The player in the middle has to try and catch the player in possession of the ball. or get to the ball before a player does if it is badly thrown.

Throwing & Catching

Beat the call:

Split your group into two teams: A throwing team and a fielding team.

The fielders have to put one player by each post and the rest in the field. Players from the other team have 1 ball each.

Each player from the throwing team has to come into the batting square and call out which base they are going to run to. Immediately after call out they must then throw the ball to one of the fielders after which they have to try and beat the ball to the post.

The ball then gets thrown back to the square for the next player to call, throw and run.

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