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.

Players stand about five meters apart with one ball between them.

1. Players throw the ball to one another using the underarm throwing technique (step onto opposite foot. Thrower's palm should point at their partner).
   
   
2. The player with the ball throws the ball overarm at the floor, about half way betweem them and their partner. The other player must react to the bounce/bobble and catch the ball.

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.