:Tap 'n' Hit
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Approach:  Open space Level: Year 4 and year 8 
Focus: Batting. 
Resources: Tap’n’hit machine, 3 balls, plastic baseball bat, 4 bibs.
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Questions/instructions:
1. Grip the bat with two hands.

Face the machine.

Tap the lever with the bat and hit the ball
(not too hard).

2. You have 3 goes. 


% responses
2002 ('98)
y4
y8
First ball:
hit solidly
16 (18)
26 (37)
sliced off edge
15 (14)
17 (11)
missed
69 (68)
57 (52)
Second ball:
hit solidly
23 (19)
35 (28)
sliced off edge
16 (17)
17 (24)
missed
61 (64)
48 (48)
Third ball:
hit solidly
25 (21)
41 (39)
sliced off edge
17 (14)
16 (18)
missed
58 (64)
43 (43)
Was the equipment used competently?
(to get ball to comfortable hitting height)
yes, consistently
28 (24)
37 (47)
sometimes
50 (54)
48 (43)
no
22 (22)
15 (10)
 
Total score:



10–12
12 (11)
27 (28)
8–9
21 (17)
22 (20)
6–7
38 (41)
32 (39)
4–5
28 (28)
18 (11)
0–3
1 (3)
1 (2)
Commentary
Student performance improved across the three trials as students got used to the equipment. About 10 percent more year 8 than year 4 students succeeded well with the task. Performance was no different in 2002 than it was in 1998.
 
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