The class is divided into 2 even teams, a batting and fielding team. The batting team will recieve 5 bats (treated like lives). 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 area 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").
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 younger year level - stand closer as the bowler 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.
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.
Tennis racquet + alternative ball (spike, dodgeball, Ki-O-Rahi Ball)