Kiwi Sport (Soft Ball)

This week Thursday, LS1 has Kiwi sport with Coach Alison. The sport, for kiwi sport this term, was Softball. First we were told to get into a pair, my partner was Sakina. There were cones 2 lines of cones that went down the field and on the left side, there was a softball ball on the cone. One of the pairs had to go on one side, and the other had to go on the other side and face there partner. First we learnt how to throw it. Which ever hand you write with, you throw with. For example, I write with my right hand so I use my right hand to throw. Then you use the other hand to point forward to where you are going to throw. Your hands should make and L like shape. You had to face side was as well, then throw. Your hand you throw with, should meet with your opposite hand  after you have thrown it. Then we tried tossing it to each other in our pairs. Next, we learnt how to catch, it is pretty simple. You need to have your hands in the butterfly shape/W shape. We then played a game. This was a challenge between all of the pairs. You had to throw it to your partner and catch, if you didn't you had to sit down. If you did you need to take a big step back. For the first round, me and Sakina won! For the next round, we did not win but we got into the top 3. For the next game we learnt a technique the monkeydile, a mix of a monkey and crocodile. It is a catching technique. If the ball is rolling on the floor, you swing your arms to get to the ball like a monkey, and when it gets to you, snap your hands together to catch like a crocodile. Then we played another game. For this game you had to toss it up high, while your partner needs to clap as many times as they can before catching it. It got harder, by us having to crisscross our legs while clapping and catching. Today was fun at kiwi sport but I did drop the ball quite a lot of times of course.