Kiwi Sport (Softball)

This week Thursday LS1 had kiwi sport with coach Ashley on the school field. Today we were learning how to get someone out properly in softball. We learnt how to pitch, field and bat so now we are getting on to playing a real game of softball soon. We were going to play scatter ball. First we got split into 2 groups by Ashley like we always do. I was in team 1. Before the games we were taught how to get someone out. It is simple, you need to get the ball to the base before the player. This week we were still batting off a T but next week it will be pitched to us. Like always, everyone in the team would get a turn to bat then the roles would switch over so that the people who were fielding would be batting and the people who were batting would be fielding. I think we had 2 or 3 rounds of scatter ball before heading back to class. We needed to remember to touch each base when we were running. If you were running and felt like you might get out, you had to stay on the base and freeze until the next person hit the ball and went running which meant you could go too. My goal is too hit it more harder and try to make it go far so I have enough time. Also to think smart and stay on the base if I think I might get out. Softball with coach Ashley today, was very fun and I think everyone enjoyed it.

Kiwi Sport

This week LS1 had kiwi sport on the school field with a different coach. This week for Softball we learnt to pitch.

When we first got to the field, the coach split us in to 2 different teams. We had to line up boy girl, boy girl, etc. We learnt about the 4 different bases. Home base, 1st base, 2nd base, and 3rd base. Both of the teams had to stand in a line and run to each base and we one person at a time from each team needed to run at the same time. You had to touch each base with your foot,if you didn't you had to go back to that base and touch it. One the team player was done and they came back to home base, the next person would go, and the next until the last person. The coach said that it was a draw.

After that, each team had to line up behind a cone. One of the rows of cones had a ball on each cone. Your partner would be someone from the other team. My partner was Raera. First we learnt to flick with the ball. You and your partner had to take turns with ball to try flicking it to eachother. To flick the ball, your wrist and hand is doing all the work so your arm doesn't move at all.

After practising flicking, we learnt to throw the ball. We had to keep our arm in a straight in a line, then move our body so that it is in a K shape, then swing your straight arm back which is holding the ball, then flick it when it get's to your leg. We practised doing this with our partner. I did some good and I did some bad ones, but it was still fun. We even had a competition between all the partners to see who would win. Who had to flick the ball and catch it, but if you didn't you needed to put your hands on your head. Sadly me and my partner Raera weren't able to make 10 throws before dropping it. The winning pair was Sakina and Mr Ogilvie.

Lastly we went over the technique we did and how we did and the different bases. I found this week kiwi sport very fun like all the other times and it was cool to learn something knew and how to pitch in softball.