- 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?
- A throwing or shooting spot 2 m from the wall or hoop
- Chalk lines for the lines game
- Two cones 5 m apart for dribbling
A hoop, a top spot and a wing spot. A ball.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- From the wing, walk two steps toward the basket.
- Plant the foot nearer the basket and cut back out to the wing at an angle, hands up, and catch facing the basket: the path makes a V.
- Backdoor: if the passer holds the ball, plant the outside foot and cut behind toward the basket for a bounce pass and a lay-up.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- The child walks toward the basket.
- Cuts back out to the wing at an angle, hands up as a target, and catches facing the basket.
- When you hold the ball: plant and cut behind to the basket.
- Catch a bounce pass and lay up.
- 10 each way.
How much: 10 each way, 3 rounds
Show me your hands
Get free
The rules
With a defender, if the defender blocks the pass go behind; if not, catch and face the basket.
- The defender guards the cutter at the wing
- The cutter makes a V-cut
- If the defender blocks the way, the cutter goes backdoor
- The passer passes only when the cutter is open
Fair play: A grown-up defender keeps the hands behind the back.
- Points
- The cutter scores 1 point for a catch facing the basket and 2 points for a backdoor catch and lay-up. The defender scores 1 point for each ball touched or caught.
- Fouls
- No points for that try: the cutter pushes off the defender; the cutter stands still and waits; the defender holds the cutter (the cutter gets 1 point)
- Win
- The most points after 10 tries each as the cutter.
- 4
- 8
- 12
8 of 10 catches on the move with the head up at the catch.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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