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Rounders: Long Barrier

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In pairs rolling the ball across the ground to each other.

Players should use the barrier to gather the ball.

COACHING POINTS

When using the the long barrier players should keep their eyes on the ball at all times.

Players' hands should be in position where the heal and the knee join directly under the eyes.

Little fingers together with other fingers with palm facing upwards and fingers touching the ground

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Barrier Catch (side view)

Approach the ball at speed and as you get into line with the ball, twist your upper body, leading with the shoulder furthest from the ball.
Bend both knees, so that the knee of the leg nearest to the ball touches the ground, but it is also next to the back of the heel of the other leg.
With fingers down and head forward, pick up the ball and then stand back up ready to deliver an overarm throw.

Skills

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.

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Long Barrier

Feeder roles the ball at pace to the fielder. Feilder Walks in â attack the ball and send back to feeder. ( gets better when they get the hang of it!)

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Beat the call

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.

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