• One Tee
• One large foam ball
• One soft foam bat
• Four cones

1. Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate foot placement and arm motion when striking a ball off a tee.
2. Students will work as a team and use verbal and non-verbal encouragements.

Teachers should check for proper foot and arm motion during the activity andcomment on specific students that are participating as instructed.

1. Place the cones in the playing field in a large diamond shape. The cones will be the boundaries in which the students will run around.
2. Set up the tee with the foam ball at one cone.
3. Choose 5 children to be lined up behind the tee and the other students scattered in the playing field.
4. The first child at bat will hit the ball, using the correct swing, and run around the cones with the other 4 children running behind. (You can announce different movements for the runners; skip, hop, jump, slide, etc..)
5. A student in the outfield will catch or grab the ball that was struck while the other outfielders race to get behind that student. The child with the ball will pass the ball as quickly as possible overhead to the next person in line. The ball is progressed down the line of students in the same manner. The last person in line will run the ball back to home base. Trying to get there before the 5 runners reach home. Encourage teamwork and verbal and non-verbal encouragements.
6. Rotate hitters until everyone has a chance to strike the ball.

I found that it was easier to designate a student to be first to get the ball in the outfield and designate a student to be the last person in line. The students tended to always want to be first or last.It also helped to practice passing the ball in line before starting the game. This is a separate skill that should be reviewed.