- 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
A straight line; cones as a gate; an oval.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Ride at a walking pace along the line.
- On "stop", pull both brakes evenly, arms firm, body slides back on the saddle.
- Put a foot down only after the bike has stopped.
- Ride again: swerve round a cone and come straight back to the line.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Pull both brakes evenly (no snatching), arms firm, body back.
- Put a foot down after stopping.
- Swerve round a cone and return to the line.
- Increase speed in steps.
How much: 5 stops and 5 swerves
Both brakes, not the back only
Stop or swerve?
The rules
The parent points left or right, or calls "stop", at the last moment.
- The rider rides along the line toward a cone
- 3 m before it, you point left, point right or call "stop"
- The rider swerves the way you point, or stops before the cone
- 10 calls
Fair play: With a younger child, call at 4 m.
- Points
- 1 point for the right reaction; 1 more point when it is clean (no skid, no foot down, back on the line after a swerve). You score 1 point for each wrong reaction.
- Fouls
- A point to you: only the back brake used, so the back wheel skids; a foot down before the bike stops; touching the cone
- Win
- More points after 10 calls.
- 8
- 14
- 18
5 stops in a row from walking pace plus 5 swerves without a foot down.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
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