- 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 pool noodle on the ground; flat pedals; a helmet and gloves.
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 slowly toward the noodle, standing, pedals level.
- Just before it, bend the arms and drop the chest a little.
- Pull up and back on the bars so the front wheel lifts over.
- Let the back wheel roll over with soft legs.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Ride in standing at a slow speed, pedals level.
- Just before the noodle, bend the arms.
- Pull up and back to lift the front wheel over.
- Let the back wheel roll over with soft legs.
How much: 8 tries, 3 rounds
Look ahead and keep moving
Circuit
The rules
Slalom, noodle lift, stop at the line.
- Set a slalom of 5 cones, then the noodle, then a chalk stopping line
- Ride the circuit once
- You call "clear" or "touch" at the noodle and judge the stop
- 6 runs
Fair play: A younger rider uses a flat rope instead of the noodle.
- Points
- 1 point for a clean slalom; 2 points for the front wheel clearing the noodle; 1 point for stopping on the line.
- Fouls
- No points for that run: stopping or putting a foot down at the noodle; sitting down for the lift; riding the circuit without a helmet and gloves
- Win
- Beat your best from 6 runs.
- 10
- 17
- 22
6 of 8 lifts clear the noodle with the front wheel.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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