DEP Activity Card
Hit 4 and Go
Playing the Game
Hit 4 and Go: a striking/fielding game that develops basic batting and fielding skills.
What you need
• A suitable indoor or outdoor playing space.
• Range of bats, sponge or lightweight cricket balls.
• Marker cones.
• Optional batting tee(s).
What to do
• Divide the group into two teams – batters and fielders.
• When a batter comes to bat, they hit four balls, one after the other, into the playing space.
• The balls can be hit from the ground, off tees, or from a self or drop feed.
• When the last ball is hit, the batter runs between the marker cones as many times as possible.
• The fielders must return all the balls to the home base – call ‘Stop’ when the last ball reaches home base.
คำศัพท์ในรูปภาพ : FIELDERS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO STOP THE BALL , HOME BASE
Hit 4 and Go
Use the TREE model to modify this game. Try the modifications suggested below or devise your own.
Teaching style
• Group management: If there is a very large group, use a ‘fan’ system, with two or more groups playing this game at the same time.
• When using this system, players must hit the ball forward.
• Harder for the fielders: – fielders cannot move until last ball is struck. – fielders must take the ball to the home base – not throw.
• Harder for the batter: – batter must hit the ball forward of the batting position. • Devise scoring zones – batters gain extra
Rules
Equipment
Environment
runs if the ball passes through the zones. If running is not an option, batters who have mobility impairments can score by hitting into these zones.
• Have a variety of bats available for batters to choose. • Use different density balls to vary the challenge for batters and fielders. Or use four different types of ball. • Try different heights of tee – or devise alternatives.
• Vary the distance between the batter’s marker cones. • Increase or decrease the playing area. Increasing the size gives the fielders a bigger area to cover, decreasing it reduces scoring options for the batter. • To give batters more time to make their ground, have the fielders stand further back. • Try using scoring targets for the batters (for example, two marker cones positioned to form ‘gates’).