• 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 start line
• Two lines of cones
• A square
• A stopping line for the braking game

Two chalk lines 5 m long and 50 cm apart; cones.

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. Ride into the lane slowly, seated, looking at the end of it, and keep the bars almost still.
2. Ride in again, stop pedalling, turn the pedals level and stand up on them.
3. Knees and elbows a little bent, roll through the lane standing.

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

1. Ride the lane seated, looking at the end of it and steering as little as possible.
2. Roll through it standing with the pedals level.
3. Knees and elbows soft.

How much: 10 lanes each way

Eyes to the end of the lane

Lane points

Points

1 point for each seated lane in; 2 points for each standing lane in.

Fouls

No point for that lane: a wheel crosses a line; sitting down during a standing lane; looking down at the front wheel

Win

Beat your best from 20 lanes.

1. ★ 12
2. ★★ 20
3. ★★★ 26

5 lanes in a row standing without a wheel crossing a line.

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

Well played.

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