Striking with Bats

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Striking with Bats

• By Matt Burch

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What is it?

• Long-handled implement (usually bat)
• Horizontal Plane
• Side-arm motion
• Examples
• Baseball
• Softball
• Wiffle Ball

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Why teach it?

• Variety of activities (lifetime)
• Baseball, Softball, Wiffle Games, Stick Ball,
  Cricket
• Transfers to other skills
• Complex hand-eye coordination
• More opportunities !!
• National Standard 1
• Demonstrates competency in motor skills and
  movement patterns needed to perform a variety of
  physical activities.

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WhoWhenWhere

• Provide all children with opportunity
• Begin at young age
• Beyond Physical Education Class
• Organized Competitive Leagues
• Recreation Leagues
• Family Picnics/Vacations

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How to teach it?

• Pre-Control
• Hitting off tee (large balls / big barrel bats)
• Control
• Hitting off tee (regular sized balls and bat)
• Level swings Suspended balls
• Self-toss hitting
• Light toss from pitcher (contact)
• Distance / From different places

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How (cont.)

• Utilization
• Grounders and Flies
• Distance
• Placement
• Proficiency
• Game-like situations

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