Scoring a Tonne

Learning Outcomes

Description Of Activity

Movement skills/concepts

Striking off a tee and ï¬elding a ball.

Set-up

• Balls, bats, and tees.
• Groups of ï¬ve–six, with a tee and three balls per group: a batter stands at the tee, and the other players spread out as ï¬elders in a large grass area.

Activity

The batter keeps hitting the balls in quick succession, while ï¬elders gain points (e.g. catch on the full = 50; catch on the ï¬rst bounce = 20; ï¬elding a ball = 10). When a ï¬elder scores 50 or 100, that ï¬elder becomes the batter.

• hands together on the bat
• feet apart, relaxed stance
• backswing
• following through

Variations

Vary rules: Replace the tee with a toss-up and hit, or a soft pitch.  

Equipment/Material Required