Rounders: Varied catching

The ball is placed in the middle of the playing area.

The first player (3) runs in, picks the ball up and does an under arm flick to the opposite player (1).

The receiving player catches the ball and then runs back into the middle where they put the ball down again before joining the back of the opposite queue.

As the player (1) joins he back of the line they tag the next player (4) and the drill continues.

In pairs 1 ball between them

Set out the varying distances with lines of cones. These distances should vary according to the ability of the player. ( the above is a guide line)

Players need to throw a different way depending on the distance the ball has to cover.

This is a great practice to teach players what the purpose is of the varying ways of throwing the ball.

After the first player has thrown the ball to the player next to them, they have to run all the way around to try and get back to their starting position before the ball does.

Setup: 4 players stand in a diamond with 3 balls. A 5th player stands in the middle.

To start the drill 1 of the outside players throw their ball to the player in the middle who has to return the ball the player who did not have a ball before the ball was thrown.

The middle player then rotates to receive the next ball and the drill continues in this way.