• Check the space and the kit.
• Get your child's attention first.
• Show it from two sides.
• Say one thing only.
• End on one that works.

Put the phone down where you can see it. Tap Next with your thumb, or use the arrow keys.

Is the space marked?

• The start line
• A turning cone at 10 m and at 15 m
• A throwing line well behind the landing area
• Chalk or tape rows for scoring jumps and throws (1, 2, 3 points)

A 20 m strip, a baton or a rolled paper, two cones 10 m apart as the change zone.

Three minutes to get warm.

Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.

1. The receiver stands at the start of the change zone, looking back at the runner.
2. When the runner is a few steps away, the receiver turns and runs.
3. The receiver's hand goes back, palm up, eyes forward.
4. The runner places the baton into the hand inside the zone.

Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.

1. The receiver starts to run before the baton arrives.
2. Hand back, palm up, eyes forward.
3. The change happens inside the zone.
4. Pass at a walk, then at a jog, then at a run.

How much: teams of 4, passes at a walk, a jog and a run

Eyes forward, hand back

Relay race

Points

2 points to the team that finishes first; 1 point for each clean pass inside the zone.

Fouls

The team loses that race's 2 points: a pass outside the zone; a dropped baton (pick it up and run on, no pass point); running into the other team's path

Win

The team with more points after 3 races.

1. ★ 4
2. ★★ 7
3. ★★★ 10

8 of 10 passes inside the zone without a drop.

End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.

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