KS2 · Physical education · Year 4
Batting: where and why
Striking and fielding games: tactics and strategies through racing rounders
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Your learning goal
I understand how and where to hit the ball in a game of racing rounders.
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Batting: where and why: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I understand how and where to hit the ball in a game of racing rounders.
Key learning points
- Move: when batting, it is important to strike the ball in different directions by following through towards the target.
- Move: to score more rounders, we have to strike the ball with power and intent where there are no fielders.
- Think: selecting where to aim when batting is an important decision as this increases our chance of scoring a rounder.
- Feel: challenging ourselves to strike the ball in different directions demonstrates resilience.
- Connect: identifying strengths and weaknesses in others' performances and helping them improve demonstrates trust.
Words to know
- rounder
- hit/throw the ball and successfully run around all four bases back to the starting point retrieve the ball
- strike
- the act of hitting/making contact with the ball
- space
- an open area where your opponents are not standing
Common mistakes
When batting, pupils focus solely on hitting the ball with power, ignoring the positioning of the fielders.
Explain to pupils that having awareness of fielders positions willl help them to aim and strike the ball into space. A powerful strike is not as effective if it goes towards a fielder.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Space groups out to ensure there is significant space between them, so they are not hitting into each other's areas.