Long Ball

Learning Outcomes

Striking a ball with an implement, underarm throw for accuracy, overarm throw for accuracy, elding a small ball, and running.

Description Of Activity

 

One small ball, one short implement (bat/racquet), six markers, and team bands/bibs. Two teams of approximately six-eight players each: the batting team is lined up safely back from the baseline, and the elding team is scattered out in the eld of play, with one member as a pitcher.

 

The pitcher lobs to the batter, who attempts to hit the ball. The batter then tries to score a run by running to the far line and back. They may wait as long as they like behind the far line for a chance to return. The elders try to put the other team out by tagging a batter with the ball while they are running. A elder may throw the ball to another elder nearer to the batter in an attempt to do this. The batting team is out if: 

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Other rules:

• elders may not hold the ball for more than 3 seconds
• once a waiting runner puts a foot into the eld of play, they must run
• when a team is back in again after successfully tagging during a change, all players return to where they were before the out or, if they were running at the time, go behind the line to start their run again; the person who out joined the batting line

 

Equipment/Material Required