Rounders: Dont get caught in possession

Not all fitness sessions have to be painful! Improve your players' fielding skills, working on their speed and agility in the field with this fielding-related fitness skills session!

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.

Ask the players to spread themselves and have 1 ball for the players to throw or roll the ball to each other.

The player in the middle has to try and catch the player in possession of the ball. or get to the ball before a player does if it is badly thrown.

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.

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.