• 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 wall with 5 m of free space in front; a tape line on the wall at net height; a line on the floor 3 m from the wall. A racket and 10 shuttles.

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. Ready position: knees a little bent, racket in front with its head above your hand.
2. Hit the shuttle flat and fast at the wall just above the tape, with a short punch of a swing, not a big one.
3. Hit the rebound again, and keep going.

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

1. Stand at the 3 m line in the ready position, racket head up.
2. Drop a shuttle and drive it flat at the wall, just above the tape.
3. Hit the rebound again, and keep going as long as you can.
4. 10 on the forehand side, then 10 on the backhand side.

How much: 10 forehand and 10 backhand, 4 rounds

Short swing, racket in front

Wall count

Points

1 point for each drive above the tape in your longest run. Your score is your best run in the 30 seconds.

Fouls

The run ends: the shuttle hits the wall below the tape or falls to the floor; it climbs higher than your head off the wall; you step over the 3 m line

Win

Beat your best run. Two players: the best run in 3 turns each wins.

1. ★ 6
2. ★★ 10
3. ★★★ 15

15 drives above the tape in 30 seconds.

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

Well played.

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