Rounders: Pully Catch

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:

Players in the middle (players 2 and 3) stand back to back and opposite their partners (players 1 and 4), about 5 metres apart, but they gradually move further away up to a distance of 9 metres (this is distance from bowler to batter).

Player work in teams of 4.

The Game:

Player throw the ball back and forth and are listening to instructions from the coach. Players are not allowed to move with the ball and are throwing underarm to their partner's waist.

Get players into groups of 3.

One player stands behind the other two players who have their back to them.

On the command, 'Now', the player with the ball throws the ball.

The two catchers have to both turn quickly and try and catch the ball before it bounces.

Rotate players after 10 throws.

Set up on a full sized rounders pitch or smaller if U10's or below.

2 teams of 5 fielding v 5 batting (no bats required)

The aim of the game is to develop the over arm throw and as a batter look for the gaps in the field.

The bowler bowls the ball to the batter who catches it and throws it into the field.

The fielding team field the ball in as normal with the batter running the posts.

If a batter is caught out the whole team is out.

Player with a ball each in a set area. Players have to throw the ball up for them selves and catch.

Increasing the distance and height the ball is thrown each time.