Smash Bucket Ball | Haukurutia Te Pākete Pōro
Time
10 minutes
Skill focus
Batting
Catching
Stopping
Throwing
Complexity
Group size
Group Split into Teams
Smashies play against each other through batting, fielding and teamwork. The batting team aims to hit as far as they can and move as quickly as they can to score runs, while the fielding team aims to return the balls to the bucket as quickly as possible.
Setup, Equipment & Instructions
- Smashies are split into two teams – batting and fielding.
- An arena is marked for batters to strike the ball through, with fielders on the outside of the arena.
- A batter hits 2-3 balls through the marked arena (either from a series of tees or as fed by an underarm thrower).
- Once all balls have been hit, fielders move to collect the balls and need to return them, however they decide, to a Bucket/hula hoop next to the batting tees.
- Whilst the fielders are returning the balls, the batter moves around a series of cones behind where the balls were struck – each rotation around the cones is one point.
- If the group is large, 4-6 Smashies can hit at the same time.

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