• 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 stumps (bucket, bottle or a set of stumps)
• The batting crease 1 m in front
• The bowling mark
• Two cones as a "gate" a bat's width in front of the stumps

A tee on top of a single stump at waist height; a tennis ball for bounced feeds; cones for gates.

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. The pull, off the high tee: step the back foot back and across, turn the shoulders and hit the ball down to the leg side with the arms reaching out.
2. The cut, to a short ball wide on the off side: back foot across, front shoulder turning toward the off side, bat flat, hands high, hit down.
3. Back-foot defence: step back, bat straight, the arms making the shape of a "9", and play the ball down into the ground.

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

1. The pull off the high tee: back foot back and across, head steady, arms out, shoulders turn, hit down to the leg side.
2. The cut to a short bounced ball wide of the stumps: back foot across, hit down on the off side.
3. Back-foot defence: the ball played down into the ground.
4. 6 of each.

How much: 6 of each shot, 3 rounds

Move toward the ball

Wall shots

Points

1 point for each ball that reaches the wall below waist height.

Fouls

No point: the ball goes up above head height; the batter backs away from the ball; a feed at the body gives the batter a point

Win

More points after 12 balls each.

1. ★ 4
2. ★★ 7
3. ★★★ 10

6 of 10 balls hit along the ground in the right zone.

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

Well played.

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