• 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 net line across the middle of the strip
• A service line on each side, 2 m from the net
• A circle about 1 m wide in each far corner (chalk or tape)

A cone as the middle; 3 socks on the floor one long step away: front left, front right and to the side. A racket.

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. Stand on the cone in the ready position.
2. Take one long step with the racket leg toward a sock: heel first, then the whole foot.
3. Keep the front knee above the toes and the back leg long. Touch the sock with the racket.
4. Push hard off the front foot and step back to the cone.

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

1. Stand on the cone in the ready position: feet apart, knees a little bent, racket up.
2. You point to a sock.
3. One long step with the racket leg, heel first, and touch the sock with the racket.
4. Push off the front foot back to the cone.
5. 10 lunges to each side.

How much: 3 rounds of 10 lunges each side

Racket leg goes forward

30-second count

Points

1 point for each sock touched with a return to the cone.

Fouls

No point for that lunge: stepping with the wrong leg; running past the sock instead of one big step; not touching the cone before the next point

Win

Beat your best from last time.

1. ★ 8
2. ★★ 12
3. ★★★ 16

10 lunges in a row each side, heel first and back to the cone.

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

Well played.

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