Year 6 Striking and fielding games: striking and fielding tactics through rounders worksheet

“Rounders: The Full Game” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 PE unit “Striking and fielding games: striking and fielding tactics through rounders”, for children aged 10 to 11, and takes about 22 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 13 to 15 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Rounders: The Full Game

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · PE · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain how a rounders game works and where the batter must run.

A Look back3 min

Safety first: a clear space away from windows, a soft ball, and a grown-up watching while you play.

1.
Circle the missing middle step in this game plan.
PlaySit downEat lunch
2.
Throw a soft ball underarm at a cone three times. On the chart, tick each try that hits the cone.
3.
Number these steps 1, 2, 3 for an accurate underarm throw. Write the number in each box.
1. Step and throw underarm, then follow through
2. Look at the target and face it
3. Swing your arm back low

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola is fielding. The ball comes to her hands. What should she do next, in order?

Watch me

Ola catches the ball first.

She looks at the post she needs to hit.

Then she throws accurately to that post.

Now you

1.
Mia has caught the ball. What goes in the blank box? Circle one.
Look at the postTurn her backShut her eyes

C Your turn7 min

Read each question, then answer. Think about how batters and fielders each help their team.

1.
Join each action to its coaching point. Draw a line from left to right.
Throwing to a postCalling to a teammateRunning round the posts
Keep to the outside line of each postSay the post name clearly and earlyLook at the post you are aiming for
2.
Which line must the batter run? Circle one.
On the outside of each postAcross the inside cornerStraight through the middle of the square
3.
Which throw helps the fielding team most? Circle one.
A quick, accurate throw to the right postA high throw over everyone's headsA slow roll to nobody
4.
Put these batting steps in order, 1 to 4. Write the number in each box.
1. Reach the fourth post to score a rounder
2. Keep the outside line round the other posts
3. Hit the ball from the batting square
4. Run to the first post on the outside

Say it out loud: Why must the batter keep to the outside of each post?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ali says: “Cutting the inside corner saves time, so it is allowed.”

1.
Is Ali right? Write why in one or two sentences.

E Think deeper4 min

With a grown-up watching, call one cone Post 2 and stand five big steps away from it.

1.
Throw underarm at Post 2 three times and tick each try that hits. Then say how a throw like your best one could get a running batter out.

How did it feel?1 min

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Rounders: The Full Game · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Play If they circle Sit down, ask what comes after the warm up in a game. Point to the boxes and read them together.

2. Look for: Marks for hits only, one mark for each throw that hit the cone. If every try gets a mark, ask whether each throw really hit. Only throws that hit get a mark.

3. 1 Look at the target and face it · 2 Swing your arm back low · 3 Step and throw underarm, then follow through If they throw first, ask what the arm must do before the ball leaves the hand. Have them look, swing back, then throw.

B

1. Look at the post If they circle Turn her back, ask what Mia needs to see before she throws. Point to the middle box.

C

1. Throwing to a post → Look at the post you are aiming for; Calling to a teammate → Say the post name clearly and early; Running round the posts → Keep to the outside line of each post If they join Running round the posts to Look at the post, ask which side of the post the batter must keep to.

2. On the outside of each post If they circle the inside corner, say that running inside the posts breaks the rules and can get the batter out.

3. A quick, accurate throw to the right post If they circle the high throw, ask how long the batter has to run while the ball is in the air.

4. 1 Hit the ball from the batting square · 2 Run to the first post on the outside · 3 Keep the outside line round the other posts · 4 Reach the fourth post to score a rounder If they put the rounder first, ask where the batter starts and where the rounder is scored. Trace the posts with a finger.

D

1. Look for: Says Ali is wrong because running inside the posts is against the rules and can get the batter out. If they agree because it is quicker, say that speed does not make a short cut legal. Ask them to run the outside line again.

E

1. Look for: A tick for each try that hit, and a reason linking an accurate throw to the ball reaching the post before the batter. If they only tick the chart, ask where the batter is running while the ball flies to the post.

Words to use

Say“Where must the batter run, and how does an accurate throw help the fielding team?”

Instead of“Just tell them the rules and skip letting them work out the outside line for themselves.”

After the sheet

Set up four cones or shoes in a rough diamond a few large paces apart in the garden, away from windows. Take turns to bat and field with a soft ball, and each record three tries.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Stopping and Sending(with a plan)
Backstop Ready Hands(with a plan)
Batting with a plan(with a plan)
Tactics on the pitch(with a plan)
Stop, wait, then run(with a plan)

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