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Yardball
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| State Standard: 1, 2, 3, 5 |
| 4 Batting Tees, 4 Gator-Skin balls, 4 plastic bats, & 4 mats |
Grade:4-7 |
| Purpose: Throwing, Batting Skills, Running, & Cooperative Learning |
| Time: 15-25 Minutes |
Organization: Students will sit around the middle circle while I explain the rules to the game. Split the class up into groups of 2 to 3 as there are 8 teams in this game.
- This game is a mini-baseball type game that can be played in the gym or outdoors to help develop baseball/softball/fielding/striking skills. Smaller teams are created in a broken-down mini game that resembles actual baseball, but with smaller groups getting more reps and practice/skill development. With a few modifications to the regular game of baseball, this game is an effective lead up or fun small style game to try out to get the heart rates up!
- Set the gym up with four mats evenly spaced out on one end of the gym with the Batting Tees and bats at the opposite end of the mats.
- The objective of this game is to have the batter swing and hit a ball of a tee and run to their mate (base) to score a point before they are out. Each time a batter successfully touches the mate before being out their team scores one point. This continues until the outfield players get 3 outs and then they rotate as in real baseball/softball.
Rules:
- A batter is out when: either an outfielder catches a ball in the air, catches a ball off the wall, is tagged out, and/or forced out (outfield steps on the base with the ball before the runner touches the base).
- A batters is NOT allowed to bunt in this game and there are NO automatic home runs.
- A batter is automatically out if they throw their bat after they have hit the ball of the tee.
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| Concerns: Be Careful when tagging and when the batter are swinging the bats! |
| This idea is from: physedgames.com |
