In the game of ground ball, it is very important to work on fielding and throw of ball. The purpose of carnival grounders drill is to help the players get good with fielding grounders while they are moving towards the ball. The equipment used for learning this drill is baseball and cones which are marked at the scoring and the starting area. Players will start the game from the outfield grass or any one specific spot. You should mark the starting spot with the cone.
The game will have two to four players at a time. However you need to learn the team work. The players should know how to work on the movement towards the ball as a team, how to go down the field and how to achieve a good throw accurately as much as possible. The first player of the game will start from the scoring area. The coach will throw the ball. The player will move in to field the ball and throw at back to the first base. It should be noted that the first ball needs to hit the ground at the speed to allow the player to move towards the ball. The scoring system of this game is quite different from the others. The scores can be based on skills. You can assign the points when the ball rolls between the cones or when it is in the air.
For young players, this is how the game is played. Simply use the cones and the lines closer to each other. If the player hits between the cone and the line, he will score a point, if hits two times, he will score two points and so on. For the older players, the coach should play the first base. When the player bounces the ball at the first base, he will score a point. While if he throws at the second base he will awarded with two points. The game will continue until the score reaches to fifteen to twenty. It will keep all the players involved in the game all the time.
