Forc’em Back – Hitting

This game improves hitting: Players toss the ball up into the air before they hit the ball for distance.

Equipment:

• Four markers
• One bat
• One baseball

Set up:

1. Place two markers 20m a part, on the foul line.
2. Place the other two markers 40m away from the foul line in line with first two. This will set up the playing area with two end zones.

Procedure:

1. Split players in two teams.
2. One team starts by hitting the baseball towards their end zone. The other team attempts to stop the ball going into the end zone.
3. As soon as the team stops the baseball then that team attempts to hit the baseball into their end zone.

Rules:

1. Players must toss the ball into the air before they hit.
2. All players have equal amount of hits.
3. The ball is hit from the position where it is stopped.
4. If a hit ball lands out of the playing area, then the ball is hit from the position where it crossed the side line.
5. The team that hits a baseball into the end zone is awarded one point.