Rounders: Hitting the Gaps

Your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to improve your players' overarm throwing to lump the pressure on the batters. Skills covered in this session include developing the technique, to throwing to a target before throwing to space and distance.

One player is fielding deep.

The ball is fed to them to catch and then throw to post.

They player who caught the ball follows the ball to the post and the player on the post runs the ball into the feeder.

Players rotate.

Set up in groups of 4.

The worker (A) stands inside a 3x3m box. Each corner has a different colour cone.

Other players include a feeder (player B), one post player (player D), and one runner (player C).

The drill:

The aim is to for player A to take a catch on the move, and produce a quick accurate throw to the post.

1. Player D is in charge of the drill and they call out a colour of the cones. Player A uses quick feet to get around that cone.
2. Player B can feed the ball at any point after the colour has been called.
3. Player C can run to the post as soon as the ball has been fed.
4. Player A completes the catch and throws the ball to player D to try and run out player C.

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:

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.