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Batting a Ball Overhead - Batting in Pairs
Hurling — Basic Drill
This is a basic drill to practice the Batting a Ball Overhead technique
Organisation
- Mark out a distance 5m wide using cones
- Divide the players into pairs; one ball per pair
- Player A throws the ball underarm for Player B to bat overhead
- Player A catches the batted ball
- Reverse the roles after a set number of throws
STEP Variation
Task - To increase the challenge; the server throws the ball higher requiring the receiver to jump to bat the ball back