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Rounders: Catching on the move, quick release to post player

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Post person calls a number or colour cone, worker runs around that cone, feeder passes the ball in and passes it to the post player

CP eye on the ball, set yourself before you catch and then release with body weight moving towards the target. Development – add a runner who can put pressure on the post player.

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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.

Ground Fielding

Ground Fielding:

Batter 2 calls YES hit or run, Â then starts to run on the call.

Fielder 1 feeds from an angle, fielder 2 runs in and flicks at player 1 moving to the post. Player 1 touches the post with the ball.

The batter is either in or out.

When 3 lives are used up the team is out, then batters change with fielders.

Ground Fielding

Ground Fielding:

Long barrier Team A must roll the ball past team B to score a point (goal) and vice versa.

Ground Fielding

4 ball rounders:

1 player hits 4 balls anywhere into the field.

Once the batter has hit all the balls they run around all 4 posts as many times as possible, before the fielders get all the balls back into the square.

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