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BASEBALL
5 activities to improve some
baseball skills

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ACTIVITY #1
The first activity I’m going to be explaining is an obstacle
course that involves loads of the different baseball skills
we want to improve.

This obstacle course is divided into two different parts, the

running one and then when you carry out the different
exercises.

The first thing we are going to do is run for 3 minutes.

Afterwards, we take some bats and practice some batting
(the balls we hit are thrown by some other players). Then,
we run for another 3 minutes and we stop to change spots
with the other players. Now we are the ones who throw the
balls and the others are the ones who are batting, this way
we practice three skills (running, throwing and batting) in
one only activity. This race course can be done as many
times as wanted.
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ACTIVITY #2

This next activity is going for the throwing and catching

skills.

The amount of players required goes from 3 to more players

and we need a ball to play this.

The rules of this game are quite simple. We set a person,

who is going to be the thrower, a long way from the other
players, who are going to be the catchers. Then, the
thrower tosses the ball high in the air and shouts out a
number between 25 and 500. Whoever catches the ball
without dropping it gets the amount of points; if they drop
it, they lose the amount of points. The game lasts until
someone achieves 500 or more points.
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ACTIVITY #3

The third exercise is for the running skill.

For this game, we need two bases that can be marked with
anything (cones, rocks…) and they have to be 6 meters
apart, and four players.

Two players stand at each base. The other players spread

out and stand in the middle. The two players who are at
the bases throw the ball back and forth, trying to reach the
runners who are running from one base to another. The aim
is that the throwers touch the runners before they get to
the bases, which are the only safe place. If they succeed in
touching them, then the runner who has been touched
becomes the thrower.
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ACTIVITY #4

In this activity we practice running, throwing and catching

skills.

You need at least three people to work correctly. But the

larger the group, the better the game.

Find a wall, start throwing a tennis ball against it. Players

gathered away from the ball must field or catch the ball
and then throw it at the wall. If someone goes to catch or
field the ball and doesn’t catch, or it touches a part of
their body, they must sprint to the wall before the ball is
thrown against it. If the latter, the person receives one
strike. Three strikes and they’re out. Last remaining player
wins.
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ACTIVITY #5

This is a catch activity but with a skill challenge involved.

Set up some hoops in the garden (hula hoops, aerobes, or

cut cardboard work best) and stake them into the ground
at varying heights throughout the yard.

All players stand a good distance away from the hoop

(exact distance is based on age and skill, obviously) and
try to throw the ball through. If a player makes it through
the first hoop (easiest), they get 5 points, the second, 10
points, the third, 15 points. If a player misses the hoop, no
points are awarded. Players each take a turn at the hoops,
moving from one to the other and back again. The first one
to 50 points wins.