Year 3-4 - Lesson 1 - Fielding
By Smart CoachPart of Smart Coach - T-Ball
Notes
What hand should your mit go on and why? (less dominant, so you can throw with your dominant).
Where should your eyes be looking when throwing and catching a ball? (at ball when catching and target when throwing)
Where does your non-throwing arm point when throwing over/under arm? (at target)
If the ball is rolling along the ground, what do you do with your knees? (bend them)
What can you do to provide more power when throwing? (step)
Warm Up
T-ball Catch
Introductory activity before introducing mits into T-ball. Main skill is to learn how to catch in non-dominant hand, and then transfer to throwing hand.
Get class into partners, one ball in each group. Get partners to stand approx 5m from each other, ensuring partners aren't crossing over other partners.
Aim is to see how many catches and throws they can get without dropping it, using correct technique.
Ensure catches are made in non-dominant hand, replicating a T-ball catch with a mit. The ball is then transferred to throwing arm. When catching infront of face/chest, fingers should be facing up (bend knees to lower body to make catch if needed). If catching chest or below, fingers face down. Make sure other hand is next to catching hand to support for an alligator catch, and then bring ball to chest to secure before throwing.
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Activities
Catch and Step
Split the group into partners, everyone with a mit. Partners starts 1m away, facing each other.
Everytime they have a successful catch, they take one step back. If the ball is dropped or missed, they take a step forward. At the end of the time, the partners that are the furtherst distance apart win.
Note: players should be catching with their mit, and throwing with their free hand. If player catches it in hand without mit this does not count as a successful throw and catch.
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T-Ball - Throwing Relay
Split the class into teams of 4-6 people. Each team stands in a straight line on a spot, with each team member roughly 5m apart.
A ball starts with the first person in line, they must throw to their next team member, who catches succesfully, turns and then throws to the next person, and so on. The winning team is the team who has thrown the ball down the line first, reaching the last person, and team is sat down.
All catches must be correct technique, catching in mit (if no mit, least dominant hand is fine), and then transferring to throwing hand.
After each round move around end people so every one gets a turn starting and finishing relay.
Modification can be to shorten or lengthen space between each person to make easier or harder.
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