Rounders Drills

One player is batter, one as back-stop, one as first base and other deep fielding. The bowler feeds the ball to the batter. The batter gets several balls feed them to practice hitting.

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.

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.

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.

Purpose to make sure players are paying attention at all times Player in the middle should try to avoid being hit below the waist by a size 5 sponge ball. Players on the outside of the circle must keep the ball inside the circle. Players rotate after 1 minute. A scoring system could be put in place. Eg dodger gets a point every time the ball goes out of the circle. Players on the outside get a point every time the dodger is hit by the ball.

Set up: 4 posts are set up in the shape of a diamond. Each post being 9 metres from the centre of the diamond. You need 3 teams of 4, 4 bats and 1 ball. Batting team each stand at a post. The other 2 teams take the bowler and fielding roles. The Drill: The bowler decides who to bowl to first, and the remaining 3 batters stand behind the post and make contact with it. The bowler bowls the ball for the batter to hit. The fielders can field the ball into any post to get any of the batters out. If a batter is out then their team loses 4 points. 1 point is scored for every post a batter reaches. Each team of 4 faces 6 good balls and the score is added up. After each ball the bowler can decide which batter to bowl to (it can be any of the 4 batters). The fielding team must react and move position, depending on which batter the bowler is bowling to. After 6 good balls the next team goes into bat.

1 player batting against 4 fielders. Game starts by the bowler bowling a good bowl towards the batter who hits the ball into the direstion of the 2 fielders. Rounders are scored if the batter runs around the bowler and back or if the batter hits the ball in between the 2 cones (3 and 4) by the 2 fielders on the left. Fielders can score a point by touchjing cone 1 with the ball before the batter gets back having run round the bowler.

1 catcher, 5 attackers, and 3 defenders. Cones, tennis ball or rounders ball. There are always more attackers than defenders. Catcher starts in the inner circle and is on the same team as the attackers. The 3 defenders are in the next ring, and the rest of the attackers are in the outer ring. The attackers aim to get the ball to the catcher, and for the defenders to try and intercept. Attackers may pass the ball around the outside of the circle to each other to create space. Teams can move but must stay in their own circle. They are not allowed in anyones else's. Underarm throwing only. Points System: Defenders 1 point for a touch, and 5 points for a catch. Attackers get 1 point every time the catcher receives the ball.

Set Up: 2 teams of 5. The fielding team consists of: bowler, backstop, 2nd post, 3 fielders (1 on 2nd post). The batting box 6 metres away from the bowling box. Pitch set out with posts or cones, spaced out accordingly. The Game: Each innings lasts for 15 good balls. After 5 good balls the fielders rotate.

Divide players into two teams, one fielding and one batting. The fielding team bowls 4 consecutive balls to a better. Once the batter has hit all 4 balls into the field, all of the batters on the batting team must run around all the bases at the same time, as many times as they can before all of the balls have been returned by the fielding team. The next batter then does the same, and all of the batters run when all 4 balls have been hit. Do this for each batter on the batting team, before the fielding team goes in to bat. Winner is the team with the most rounders scored.

When a right hander bowls towards a left hander it is important that the bowler moves to the edge of the bowling square.

Knees bent, ball released inside the square and shoulders and hip in line. Look for a good pendulum motion when bowling. The ball should reach the recipient between knee and the top of their head height, otherwise it will be classed as a no ball.

Mark out a 12m track with cones. Players work in 3's with 1 hoop. Each player stands 2m apart. Player A hits the soft ball with their hand through the hoop (held by B) to C. This continues with all players moving positions i.e. C hits through hoop held by A to B until they reach the end of the 12m track. Repeat drill on return.

Set up: Place 4 cones on the outside of your playing area and two poles in the middle. In front of the feeder have two players on each cone/pole. Behind the feeder is a runner. The Drill: To start the drill the feeder rolls the ball out As soon as the ball is thrown the runner starts running between the two cones - trying to score as many runs as possible before the stump they are running to is stumped. The nearest fielder runs out to collect the ball. The player behind them backs up The ball is then thrown the post which the runner is running towards to try and get them out. Another fielder is backing up the post

Batter 2 calls YES hit or run,  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.

Set up in teams of 6. Players stand diagonally opposite each other about 2 metres apart. The area that the players are working in should be approx 25 metres long. Player 1 has 3 balls (tennis or rounders), and passes them underarm one at a time to player 2 to catch, and so on. Once they have released all 3 balls they can then run on the outside of their line in time to receive a ball from player 6. The rest of the team do the same. The aim is to reach the end of the area without dropping a ball. Once they have reached the end of the area work back in the opposite direction.