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Rounders: Batter run out

The days of scratching practice drills and plays on scraps of paper...

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The batter is out if the fielder touches the post immediately ahead with the ball or the hand holding the ball while the batter is running to the post and before the batter has touched the post, except first post in case of a no-ball.

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Batter in:

The batter is in if they touch the base before the fielder does with the ball. This clip shows you a batter doing so.

Rules

Backward hit:

When the ball is hit behind the line the batter is allowed to run to the 1st post but is not allowed to continue to 2nd until the ball has crossed the line back into play.

It is best that the backstop retrieves the ball and walks it back instead of throwing it back into play.

Rules

ball hit into the right field:

When the ball is hit into the right field between the 1st post and the back line. it is important that fielder 4 tries to gather the ball and player 5 covers this fielder in case player 4 misses it.

This will give the fielder gathering the ball the option of

throwing to 1st post if ball was hit short
to 2nd post if ball was hit long
and to 4th post if the ball was missed and picked up by covering fielder or miss throw to 2nd post.

Ground Fielding

Beat the ball:

For this practice you need 8 players per group. Set out 4 cone in a square about 5 metres apart. Set out 2 flags a further 5 - 10 metres away from the square . and finally a finishing post. The race is for the runner to beat the ball being thrown via every gold player to the finishing post.

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