By: W. Taylor Cooper
Equipment:
Colored Poly Balls assembled on circular tubing. Use four (4) balls of
different color assembled around three feet (3') of plastic tubing. One
half inch (1/2") tubing works great as it just slips through the holes
in the Poly balls. You can use less tubing for a smaller circle, and
more challenging drill.
- Can drill up to eight (8) players, but I prefer two or four (2-4) players at a time.
- Four
(4) players get in a circle of about eight feet (8') apart. Two (2)
players stand about eight feet (8') apart facing each other.
- First player tosses the "Poly Circle" to opposite player and calls out color of ball to catch.
- Player catches correct ball using two hands, trying not to grab the tubing.
- Second player tosses the ring back across the circle to different player and calls out color to catch.
- The beginning tosses should be medium high lobs with little rotation of the "Poly Circle."
- As the players develop, the throws can be straighter and the circle rotation can be increased.
- The size of the circle can also be increased, and the throwing player can delay the color selected after the throw.
- This
is great for hand-eye coordination at all levels. It teaches the player
to focus on the selected ball then coordinated his/her catch with that
object.
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