Softball

Learning Intention: To  practice softball skills.

Learned about...Today we played kiwi sport and we practised our skills that we learned like monkydile, fielding and batting. First we were divided into two groups and my team did fielding while the other team did batting. While fielding we had to throw the ball two times to any of your teammates and then put it on top of the cones. After that we did batting where we had to align our knuckles, legs apart, bat on your dominant shoulder and your elbows up. First we had to hit two balls and after that we had to hit only one ball and run all the bases. When we were not sure if we could make it to the home base than we should stand on a base and wait until one of your teammates to hit the ball. Once the team mate hits the ball again than we could run to the home base. However we had to keep in mind that on one base, two team members can not stand and if we do so, the second player who gets to the base will be out.

Learned by ...We learned by playing a game called scatter ball. Scatter ball is part of soft ball where we learned about batting and fielding. Our teacher gave us the instruction and we followed the instruction and practised playing on the field in teams.

Kiwi Sports: Softball ( Batting and Fielding)
Learning Intention: Understand and practise the game of softball.
Learnt About: This week for Kiwi Sports, Ashley took us out for softball.  We were divided into two groups, a group for batting and the other group for fielding. Both groups got a chance to do batting and fielding and that includes each students as well. The batters have to hit the two balls and the fielders are suppose to catch the ball and put it on the cone near them. While the fielders are getting the ball, the batter has to run to each base and back to its original base to gain points.   I have realised that this game is very similar to the American baseball that I normally watch.
I learnt by: Ash our sports teacher today gave us instructions about how to play this game. She told us that while batting: Our knuckles should be lined up. Our hand together while holding the bat firmly. Our elbow up to the shoulder height. The feet should be about shoulder width apart. We need to be focused on the ball thrown towards the batter in order to give the right hit. We also learnt about soft ball by practising batting and fielding in the ground.

Playing softball

L.I To throw and catch a soft ball

Today we practised playing softball under the guidance of Alison. We were instructed to get with a partner and I partnered with David. There were two cones placed on the ground for each pair, about two meters about as shown in the picture below. We were told to get to the cone, one cone had ball       beside it and one was with out the ball. I choose to move to the cone without the ball. David threw the ball towards me which I was able to catch and I did the same for David. We were shown how to catch, throw and how to move like a monkey-dile,(like monkey and crocodile)  and the crab to catch the ball. In addition to these, we also practised the three ways of throwing ball, which includes high pass and ground pass. It was a fun game and we enjoyed it a lot.