Sports - Five Bat

The class is divided into 2 even teams, a batting and fielding team. The batting team will recieve 5 bats (treated like lives) and are positioned along a line (marked by cones/line if played on a court). A coach will bowl the ball to a player from the batting team standing in front of the wicket. If they hit it they must run around a designated line/zone and pass the bat to a team member in line that does not have a bat. The next batter in line will then run out and stand in front of the wickets ready to hit the ball. While the batter is running, the fielding team must retrieve the ball and get it back to the coach as fast as possible so the coach may bowl the tennis ball immediately - even if there is no batter protecting the wickets ("non-stop"). However if the batter misses the ball, they must still run round the line/zone and hand the bat to the next player in their team and go to the back. 
If the coach were to bowl the tennis ball and hit the wickets, the batting team lose that bat and place it in a designated zone ("dead pile" - hoola hoop) and now have 4 bats ("lives") remaining. If a batter hit the tennis ball to a fielder and it was caught without bouncing/touching the ground first, then the batting team would lose another bat and now have 3 remaining. Once all bats are lost, the batting team now become the fielders and vice versa. 

NOTE: If batter is young - stand closer to make it easier for them to hit.

POINTS SYSTEM:

- For every player that goes round the line/zone, passes the bat to the next player and returns to the back of the line will recieve one point for their team.
- If a player hits the ball and gives the bat to the next player in their team without going to the line/zone, they will not recieve a point for their team. 
- If the batting team has one bat remaining and start throwing it to the next player in line to enable them to get to the wickets quicker and hit the ball, no points will be awarded. 

Modifications

If younger year level - stand closer so its easier to hit. Place arrows on the ground and have students stand on them facing the direction the arrows are pointing (if right handed) - opposite direction if left handed.

Special Needs Modifications

Tennis racquet + alternative ball (spike, dodgeball, Ki-O-Rahi Ball)