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Tennis: Long barrier penalties

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Pairs stand 3 to 4 metres apart between a pair of cones (their goal).

By throwing the ball underarm, below waist height, players must try to get the ball through their opponent's cones.

Players score a point every time their opponent either drops the ball or fails to prevent it passing between their cones.

COACHING POINTS

Players should vary the pace, height and direction of their throws.

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Long Barrier pair defending:

Two players per team, stood about 4-5 metres apart between two cones (the goal).

Both teams must try to protect their goals by stopping the opposition from throwing the ball through their goal.

Using only underarm throws players must try and score in their opponent's goal.

A goal is awarded every time their opponent either drops the ball or fails to prevent it passing between their cones.

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

Pairs Target Barrier:

Organisation: Divide the group into pairs. Organise the practice as shown in the diagram. Aim is to beat partner, using underarm throw. One point is given for every time the ball passes between the markers.

Equipment: 1 ball per pair, 4 marker cones per pair.

Ground Fielding

Drill for fielding first post:

This practice is to help the backstop and fielder at 1st post to improve the speed of delivery in trying to get the batter out.

3 players with the ball

1 bowler

1 backstop

1 1st post fielder

The rest of the players line up to to one at the time step into the batting square to dummy hit the ball and try to to beat the ball from the backstop to the 1st post by running as fast as possible to touch 1st post

Ground Fielding

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