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Softball Skills Assessment

Students will be assessed on specific skills related to softball.

Rubric Code: WCC2CB

By lynnke

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Subject: Physical Ed., Fitness

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Softball Skill
	Outstanding 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Acceptable 2 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Throwing	Outstanding Consistently transfers weight towards target with opposite foot to throwing arm, angles arm behind head, follows through with throwing arm coming across the body and throws accurately 80% of the time.	Good Demonstrates proper throwing stance, raises are behind head, steps towards target with opposite foot, rotates hips while throwing, and throws accurately 70% of the time.	Acceptable Demonstrates proper body stance, raises arm behind head, steps toward the target with the opposite foot, and throws accurately to target 60% of the time.	Needs Improvement Attempts to step towards the target, attempts to angle throwing side away from target, throws accuratley to the target less than 40%.
Catching	Outstanding Consistently is in the ready position, keeps eye on the ball and aligns the body to the ball. Uses non-throwing hand to help squeeze the ball in the glove. Catches ball accurately 80% of the time on both sides of the body.	Good Demonstrates and applies ready position, watches ball, uses correct footwork to chase the ball down and catches the ball on both sides of the body 70% of the time.	Acceptable Demonstrates to move into the path of the ball, sometimes uses correct footwork to chase the ball down, catches the ball 50% of the time on preferred side of the body.	Needs Improvement Attempts to be in ready position, attempts to follow the ball to catch 40% of time on the preferred side of the body.
Batting	Outstanding Consistently stands parallel to the plate, bat is gripped correctly, feet are staggered and knees bent. Weight is on back leg, elbows away from body, bat held off the shoulder and hits balls in the strike zone 80% of the time.	Good Demonstrates and applies proper body stance, keeps hands together when gripping the bat, swings horizontally, attempts to hold the bat off of shoulder, keeps eye on ball, and swings through 70% of the time.	Acceptable Demonstrates proper body stance, dominant hand is on top, keeps bat off shoulder, keeps eye on ball, and swings through the ball 60% of the time.	Needs Improvement Attempts to stand with the left side of the body toward the pitcher, to face the plate, and to swing through the ball 40% of the time.
Fielding Grounders	Outstanding Consistently demonstrates ready position, glove is down, head down and watches the ball move into the glove. Weight is on balls of feet, moves forward toward the ball, fingers spread.	Good Demonstrates and applies ready position, watches ball, moves towards ball but not forward. Feet are spread out but not on balls of the feet, but not fielding out front of the body.	Acceptable Demonstrates to move into the path of the ball, glove is down, watches the ball sometimes, feet are spread and body slightly low.	Needs Improvement Attempts to be in ready position, limited movement to the ball, no bending at the knees, doesn’t watch ball into the glove, fields the ball between the legs.
Base Running	Outstanding Understands the proper way to run the bases. Is able to decide when to run and what the situation is at the moment to decide what to do.	Good Leads off, properly runs the bases. Slides, but has a wide turn on the bases.	Acceptable Runs to first base. Runs hard, but doesn’t know when to go or not to go. Has a wide turn on bases.	Needs Improvement Attempts to run to the base and may overrun second or third base. Stays on the base. Doesn’t understand when to leave the base.

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