Striking Fielding Games Modifications

Striking/Fielding
Games
Baseball
Cricket
Over the line
Rounders
Softball

The modifications listed below incorporate the various strategies for modifying
games to fit the needs of the players for the types of games listed in the table above.
Many of them can be used in combination as well.
Modifications
Use of larger balls.
Use of softer balls (e.g., Incrediball)
Use of batting tee.
Pitchers come from own team.
Machine pitching.
Decrease or increase number of bases (w.
change distance between them)
Reduce in sector size.
Increase in sector size.
Changes in rules for stealing bases.
Reduced team size (e.g., 3 v 3 or 5 v 5).

Focus
Increase chance for success in batting.
Reduce fear of ball; reduce speed of ball.
Increase chance of success in batting.
Focus on better pitching; speed up game.
Increase consistency, adjustable pitch
speed.
Emphasize decision-making on both
offense and defense.
Increased challenge for batting team, less
ground to cover for fielding team.
Increase chance of success for batting
team; challenge fielding team.
Reduce tactical complexity for fielding
team; for offense, emphasize moving
runner over.
Increase active involvement of more
students.

From Complete Guide to Sport Education by Daryl Siedentop, Peter A. Hastie,

and Hans van der Mars, 2004, Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.