Allison Long

Matthew Hydock
Logan Jernigan
Program Plan

Activity:
Everybody Bats

Age Group:
5 years and older

Activity Category:
Active game, high activity game

Benefits:
Team building, developing trust in others, icebreaker to meet and interact with new people, fun

Equipment:
One base, a bat, and a soft ball (one like a high-bounce foam ball)

Environment:
Big Gymnasium- Williams Brice

Goal:
To increase team building skills between participants.

Objectives:
Cognitive: By the end of the game, the participants will know how to field and hit a
baseball properly to show hand eye coordination skills.

Psychomotor: By the end of the activity, the participants will be able to field a ball on
the first try 5 out of 10 times to show improvement of hand eye coordination.

Affective: During the activity, participants will talk and interact with others, improving
cooperation with others

Organization of Group:
The participants will close their eyes and interlock their hands. Whichever thumb (left or right) is
on top will determine how the teams are divided.
Number of Players Needed:
10-35

Objective/ Purpose of Game:

Participants will improve their hand eye coordination skills
Learn how to bat and field a ball properly
Be on the team with the most runs scored

Directions:
First, the participants will close their eyes and interlock their hands. Whichever thumb (left or
right) is on top will determine how the teams are divided. Second, one team will go on offense
and the other on defense. The defensive team will spread out in the field and pitch the ball to the
offensive team. The offensive team will each bat one at a time once before switching to defense
so that everyone bats. The offensive player batting will hit the ball pitched, and must wait until
the ball is touched by the defense before attempting to score. The offensive player, once the ball
has been touched, will then run around their team in a circle. For every circle made around the
team with the base being touched, a point will be awarded to the offensive team. The defensive
team will field the ball, and then proceed to pass the ball between the entire team in a line,
passing the ball under the legs and over the head one after the other. Once the ball is at the last
participant in the defensive team, the offensive players scoring run has ended and the next
player for the offensive team bats, repeating the process until everyone has batted. The team with
the most points at the end of both teams batting turns is the winner. The leaders will be keeping
score.

Leadership Hints: Make sure there is enough space to play this activity. Make sure no one is
swinging the bat too hard or letting go of the bat immediately after swinging.

Variations: This activity can be played indoors and outdoors. This can also be played with
multiple variations of balls to increase the challenge of the game.

Safety Concerns:
Use a large soft ball to ensure no one can get hurt from the batted ball. A beach ball is perfect
when playing with younger children.
Make sure the bat is used only for batting the ball and that the bat is not thrown.

Reference:
LeFavre, D. N. (2012). Best new games. Human kinetics: Champaign, IL.