• 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; tape the two back corners and the two corners at the net.

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 far side and point to your own backhand back corner.
2. Explain that a shuttle sent there makes you turn and reach with your backhand.
3. Play a few slow shots to the four corners, and let your child watch you go back to the middle each time.

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

1. The player waits in the middle.
2. You call a corner: "front left", "front right", "back left" or "back right", then feed.
3. The player hits the return into the called corner.
4. Back to the middle before your next call.
5. 8 returns make a set.

How much: sets of 8 returns, 3 sets

Back to the middle

Corner rally

Points

1 point for each rally won; 2 points when the winning shot lands in the other player's backhand back corner.

Fouls

The other player wins the rally: the shuttle goes into the net or out; a player touches the net; the same player hits the shuttle twice

Win

The first to 11 points.

1. ★ 1
2. ★★ 3
3. ★★★ 5

6 of 8 returns in the called corner in 2 of the 3 sets.

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

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