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Rounders: Netball rounders - Throw through the hoop!

The days of scratching practice drills and plays on scraps of paper...

Andrew

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Set up a pitch using cones that is roughly the same size as a netball court (30m x 15m) and divide your players into two equal teams.

Players can run in all areas of the pitch but they are not allowed to run with the ball.

Players must try to get the ball to a player in the shooting circle for them to score a point.

COACHING POINTS

Look for good running movement from your players, a high level of accuracy in players' throws and safe-hand catches.

If it's not practical bringing your netball posts out onto the playing field you can use a hula hoop on the floor or an upturned bin instead.

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Beat the ball

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.

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Roll out race

Players stand in teams behind their cone, with a ball each.

When the coach says 'Go' each player rolls their ball out diagonally, through the cones nearest their starting position.

After rolling out their own ball (along the ground) players must sprint out and collect the ball thrown by the other side.

As soon as they have collected the ball they must sprint back with the ball in hand past the starting cone.

The coach decides which player makes it back first and awards their team one point.

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Kick Ball Rounders

Set up:

Pitch marked out in the same shape as a normal rounders pitch with cones 6m apart. Split players into two small teams (no more than 5v5). Use a size 4/5 size sponge/plastic ball

Rules:

The bowler throws the ball underarm with a bounce from the bowling box to the batting box. The batter can hit the ball with any part of their body.

Once the batter has hit the ball they then run around the 4 bases. They can stop at any base.

The fielders then field the ball into the bowler to stop the batter from running on. Gradually more rules are introduced once the principles of play have been learned.

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hit the ball through an area

In this game the batter tries to score as many rounders as they can by hitting the ball through the area so it either flies over or rolls through the area out the end or either side.

The onlyÂ criteriaÂ is that the ball has top enter the front of the area to be able to score a rounder.

When the ball is caught the catching fielder becomes the bowler the bowler becomes the batter and the batter becomes a fielder

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