Kickball is a great outdoor sport that requires little equipment. A kickball field is set up much like a baseball field. Four bases are needed, and one 10-inch rubber playground ball. Set the four bases into a diamond shape, 40 feet apart. Place the pitcher’s mound 30 feet away from home base. Divide players into two equal teams. Each team will need to have eight to ten players.
How to Play
One team will take the defensive fielding position and one team will take the offensive kicking position. The team playing defense will need two players spread out between first and second base, and two player spread out between second and third base. Designate one player to be the pitcher and one to be the catcher. Place two to four players in the outfield, spread out evenly.
One player at a time from the offensive team will walk up to home plate to kick. The pitcher will roll the ball to the kicker. The ball must roll over home base to be considered a strike. For younger children, allow a larger strike zone or move the pitcher’s mound close to home base. A strike is called when an offensive player kicks and misses, or the player does not kick and the ball is rolled in the strike zone. Three strikes and the offensive player is out. If the kicker makes contact with the ball, he or she will run towards first base, which is the base located towards the right. The kicker will try to run to the base before the defense catches the ball and throws it to first base. The defense may also tag the runner or throw the ball and hit the runner below the shoulders to get them out. If a ball is kicked in the air, and the defense catches it before the ball hits the ground, the offensive player is out. Once the offensive runner has made it to a base, he or she is safe. Two offensive players cannot be on one base at the same time. One player must progress to the next base. Each kicker to make it around all the bases to home plate counts as one run. Once three outs are made by the team playing defense, the two teams switch offensive and defensive positions. Once each team has had a chance to kick, inning one is finished. Play until six innings have been completed, or until fifty minutes have passed. The team with the greatest score wins!
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How to Play
One team will take the defensive fielding position and one team will take the offensive kicking position. The team playing defense will need two players spread out between first and second base, and two player spread out between second and third base. Designate one player to be the pitcher and one to be the catcher. Place two to four players in the outfield, spread out evenly.
One player at a time from the offensive team will walk up to home plate to kick. The pitcher will roll the ball to the kicker. The ball must roll over home base to be considered a strike. For younger children, allow a larger strike zone or move the pitcher’s mound close to home base. A strike is called when an offensive player kicks and misses, or the player does not kick and the ball is rolled in the strike zone. Three strikes and the offensive player is out. If the kicker makes contact with the ball, he or she will run towards first base, which is the base located towards the right. The kicker will try to run to the base before the defense catches the ball and throws it to first base. The defense may also tag the runner or throw the ball and hit the runner below the shoulders to get them out. If a ball is kicked in the air, and the defense catches it before the ball hits the ground, the offensive player is out. Once the offensive runner has made it to a base, he or she is safe. Two offensive players cannot be on one base at the same time. One player must progress to the next base. Each kicker to make it around all the bases to home plate counts as one run. Once three outs are made by the team playing defense, the two teams switch offensive and defensive positions. Once each team has had a chance to kick, inning one is finished. Play until six innings have been completed, or until fifty minutes have passed. The team with the greatest score wins!
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