STRIKING/FIELDING GAMES
Striking/Fielding games are activities in which players score points by striking an object and running to designated playing areas or prevent opponent from scoring by retrieving the object and returning it to stop the play. By playing these games participants will learn the key skills and tactics for games such as baseball and softball. Traditional games include Shatong and Basagang Palayok.
SHATONG
Shatong is not your common sports. It is a game played in the suburbs and rural areas of the Philippines but similarly played in the Middle East that goes by the name Gutalaguti. The game makes use of two sticks, one longer than the other. The longer stick will serve like a bat and the shorter stick serves like the hit. There needs to be two teams to play this game the hitter and the fetcher.
The concept of the game is to hit the shorter stick with the longer stick as far as it can go and when this happens, the hitter will run to marked area. There will be 4 marked areas just like in baseball and while the other team is fetching the shorter stick, the third and back to the home base. The fun part of the game is that while the hitter is running from one marked area to the other, he or she must be shouting the name of the game as in SHAAAAAAAAAAAATONG!
In this game, the learners will know how to play as a team, practice Math skills such as counting 2s, 3s. It will also develop their batting, running, breathing, and catching skills.
- Materials Needed
1. A playing field/space
2. One foot long stick, one (5 inches) short stick, and a small hole on the ground.
- Mechanics:
Player A becomes the hitter and Player B as the catcher. It is played outside on the ground where one digs a small square hole (which is slanted), where they put the small wood so that it sticks out.
Player A hits the wood with the stick is that it catches air enough to be hit by the stick. The further the wood gets hit the more points one gets hit the more points one gets (usually counted by the number of stick length).
If Player A risks, he may try to add a multiplier to his score. By hitting the wood upwards twice in one turn before striking it forward, the points will then be counted by the number of wood length instead.
Player B on the other hand has to anticipate and catch the small piece of wood to nullify the points and become his turn or looks forward to Player A to miss hitting the wood.
Sometimes the losing player is punished. The penalty is hopping on one foot from a designated spot marked by the winning player. This is done again by hitting the wood with the stick in midair as far away as possible. The spot where it lands is where the losing player starts until he reaches the hole.
In this game, the pupils learn how to play as a team, practice Math skills such as counting 2s, 3s. It will also develop their batting, running and catching skills.
- These are the safety precautions before playing Shatong:
1. Establish medical readiness
1.1 A self reported health status
1.2 Free form any sickness
2. Proper Clothing
1.1 Avoid clothing that is too tight or that restricts movement.
1.2 For women, wear an exercise bra for support.
1.3 For men, consider an athletic supporter.
Skills needed in the Game:
1. running
2. batting
3. hitting
4. counting
5. catching
BASAGANG PALAYOK
''Basagang Palayok'' (hit the pot) is derived from the Spanish game Piñata. They used festivals attract the native Filipinos to convert their religion.
The rules of the game are so simple. You just have to hit the palayok or clay pot. Players should be blindfolded. The player will stay around 3 meters away in front of the hanging pot, enough for the player to reach it and will walk straight forwards the pot. A long bamboo or lumber is used to hit it. Participants are made to spin around to distort his/her concentration. The crowd will distract the player by yelling all kinds of directions, ''Go straight, to the left, to the right, stop! Hit it! Hit it! The players have an opportunity to hit the pot once. Just one hit. If you missed it, you have to go back in the line and wait for your turn to hit again. Once you hit the pot the crowd goes for the goodies fall on the ground from the pot. The player who breaks the pot will win the game and will be given prize.
- Materials Needed
- These are the safety precautions before playing Basagang Palayok:
- Safety Precautions:
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