Movement skills/concepts

Blocking and directing a rolling ball into space and rolling a ball to a stationary target.

Set-up

• Bats/sticks, small softballs.
• Groups of five–six, with a bat and ball per group in a defined hard or grass area.

Activity

The player with the bat stands in the center of a circle made up of the other players. The player with the ball bowls underarm to try to hit the batter on the legs. The batter must keep their legs still while the ball is bowled.

If the batter hits the ball, the player fielding the ball has the next bowl. The batter has a maximum of five turns.

If the bowler is successful in hitting the batter on the legs, the bowler becomes the batter.

• keeping the bat vertical, a tip of the bat at feet
• turning to face the next bowler

Variations

Vary skills: The batter may move to a new spot after hitting but must stop as soon as the ball is fielded.