What Are the Fielding Positions in Rounders?
baseball image by Tomasz Plawski from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/eg/bc/fielding-positions-rounders_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Rounders is a British game similar to baseball. Rounders is a game that closely resembles baseball. The equipment and team makeup are all nearly identical and, as such, the fielding positions for rounders are roughly the same as those in baseball. There are nine defensive players on the field at any given time, and those players are divided into service, base and field players. Service Players The two players responsible for ball service are the pitcher/server and the catcher. As with baseball, the catcher is responsible for guarding the plate. This position has a much larger area of play than in baseball and the catcher’s box (which measures 8 by 4 meters) extends beyond home plate and into the playing field. Aside from a base runner, the catcher is the only
