• 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 court or a taped square; a sock in each of the four corners; a cone in the middle. 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. From the middle, do a split step as someone points.
2. To a front corner: side-step, then lunge and touch the sock with the racket.
3. To a back corner: turn side-on and step back behind the corner, never running backwards, then touch the sock.
4. Every time, come straight back to the middle.

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

1. Start in the middle in the ready position.
2. Split step as you point.
3. Front corners: side-step and lunge. Back corners: turn and step back behind the corner.
4. Touch the sock with the racket.
5. Come back to the middle. 8 corners in a row, then rest.

How much: 8 corners in a row, 4 rounds

Side step, feet apart

30-second corners

Points

1 point for each corner touched with a return to the middle.

Fouls

No point for that corner: the feet cross on a side-step; running backwards to a back corner; the player does not get back to the middle before the next point

Win

Beat your best from last week.

1. ★ 5
2. ★★ 8
3. ★★★ 11

8 corners in a row, back to the middle each time, in 2 of the 4 rounds.

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

Well played.

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