Striking and Fielding Games Quiz

Striking and Fielding Games examples include:

• Baseball and Basketball

• Softball and Tennis

• Kickball and Cricket

• Choctaw Stickball and Soccer

In striking / fielding games, a player on the defensive team delivers the ball to a player on the batting (or offensive) team.

• True

• False

The batter attempts to strike the ball and score by running between safe areas (bases and wickets) without the____________________being caught or by reaching the safe area before the defensive team can deliver the ball to a specified area.

• person

• runner

• ball

Running, sliding, and jumping are known as ths type of skill

• Locomotor

• Non-locomotor

• Physical Literacy

• Manipulative Skills

Throwing it quickly changing its speed (a fast pitch followed by a slower pitch) changing its location (close to the ground, close to the batter, away from the batter) changing its flight pattern (in baseball, a curve ball compared to a fastball) are examples of how....

• Offensive players such as the pitcher or the bowler will make hitting the ball difficult for the batter

• Defensive players such as the pitcher or the bowler will make hitting the ball difficult for the batter

Hitting the ball into the open space and away from fielders is an example of an offensive player using strategy to try and...

• Hit a home run

• Hit a foul/no ball

• To score runs

Sometimes it is beneficial for an player to sacrifice their own opportunity to advance one of their teammates. This is a:

• Defensive strategy

• Offensive strategy

Based on the knowldge of a Batter/Striker, the fielders will adjust their positioning to cover different areas on the playing field. "Moving in, moving back, shifting to left or right due to a pulled ball". This is a:

• Defensive strategy

• Offensive strategy

Click or copy this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EPDER9ISM

According to Sport Science, reaction time and being "in the zone" is controlled by what part of the brain?

• prefontal cortex

• stiatum

• big brain

• reaction time

In pitching: what is true about both a baseball pitcher and the softball pitcher?

• In softball there is no pitching mound

• In baseball the ball an never rise on the pitch

• In softball the ball has an upward tragectory

• all of the above