Rounders: Colours Square

Change your players preconceptions and get them excited about fielding with this week's fast paced session - developing catching, hand-eye coordination and throwing skills

Your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to improve your players' catching under pressure. Skills covered in this session include catching on the run and throwing accuracy

Set Up:

Groups of 3 players. with 2 balls

Player A and B 10-15m apart and player C stands in the centre between 2 cones.

The Drill:

1. Player A throws a high ball to the cone opposite them.
2. Player C moves towards the ball, sets themself, catches the ball, and throws back to player A.
3. Player C then turns and repeats the drill from fielder B.

Player C to work for 30 seconds then rotate i.e A to C, C to B, and B to A.

Player 1 rolls the ball out for 2 to run in and flicks the ball back to 1 who catches it and puts it down. Player 3 then rolls the ball out towards 1, who runs towards 3, flicks the ball at 3 who catches it and puts the ball down.

On completing the throw you join the opposite queue.
Aim: First team to take 15 catches wins. If you drop one you go back to 0.

Set up:

Players work in group of 6 or 8 (there are 5 players in the video but this drill works better when in groups of 6 or 8).

The drill:

One player feeds whilst the other players run towards the feeder.

1. The first player in line runs out and ducks underneath the ball.
2. The next player then runs out and catches the ball.
3. After ducking or catching players should continue to run towards the feeder and then to the back of the line (the player who makes the catch should throw the ball back to the feeder).

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.