KS2 · Physical education · Year 4
The concept of racing rounders
Striking and fielding games: tactics and strategies through racing rounders
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Your learning goal
I can apply my knowledge of batting and fielding when playing racing rounders.
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The concept of racing rounders: 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 apply my knowledge of batting and fielding when playing racing rounders.
Key learning points
- Move: accurate throwing using both underarm and overarm techniques allows us to throw the ball into space.
- Move: after throwing the ball we must run quickly around the bases to score a rounder.
- Think: knowing that the job of the fielders is to prevent the batting team scoring rounders helps us create tactics.
- Feel: trying our hardest, even when we make mistakes, shows we have resilience.
- Connect: collaborating and helping our teammates to make in-game decisions develops trust.
Words to know
- rounder
- hit/throw the ball and successfully run around all four bases faster than the fielding team can retrieve the ball
- bases
- 4 points on the rounders field, positioned in a diamond shape, which a player has to run round to score a rounder.
- throw
- using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area.
Common mistakes
When fielding, pupils retrieve the ball and run with it in order to return it to the pupil on a base.
Tell the pupils that when fielding, they should work together as a team. Instead of running with the ball, they should quickly pass it to another player support, who needs to be close by and supporting. This will help move the ball faster.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Depending on numbers, you may have 1 team not playing during cycle 2. Either adjust the size of the teams so all pupils are playing, or create space for the team not playing to practise their throwing and catching.