KS4 · Physical education · Year 10

Fielding and throwing techniques

Striking and fielding games: evaluate and improve performance in softball

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Your learning goal

I can accurately stop and throw a softball to the intended target.

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Fielding and throwing techniques: 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 can accurately stop and throw a softball to the intended target.

Key learning points

Move: a low squat and grounded glove position allows fielders to collect ground balls.
Move: selecting and performing a fast overarm or underarm throw can help beat runners to the base and get them out.
Think: fielders need to be alert to cover bases when teammates are required to field the ball elsewhere.
Feel: perseverance with practice tasks is required when learning to use unfamiliar equipment.
Connect: sensitivity towards others is required to build up the confidence in others after a dropped catch.

Words to know

softball glove: a padded mitt worn on the non-throwing hand to help catch and control the ball during play
underarm throw: a throwing action where the arm doesn't go above the shoulder
overarm throw: a throwing action where the arm is raised above the shoulder

Common mistakes

Pupils often assume that a fielder needs to be stationed on each base and that it is the job of other fielders to get the ball to them while they remain with their base.

Use the third section of this lesson to introduce the idea that fielding positions should be fluid and that infielders, especially, should always be alert to the idea of leaving bases or covering other bases.

For parents, carers and teachers

Using additional cones to show start positions for fielders will help them to take up an effective fielding formation which will become second nature in future.