• 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 start line
• A cone gate
• A small goal (two cones 2 m apart)
• A passing mark 5 to 8 m away

A stick, a ball, 5 cones in a row 2 m apart, a cone 12 m away.

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. Standing still, push the ball from right to left with the flat side.
2. Turn the stick over with the left hand so the flat side faces left, and bring the ball back to the right. The right hand stays loose.
3. Walk forward doing the same, then weave through the cones.
4. Carry the ball round the far cone, slowing down before it.

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

1. Standing, move the ball from right to left with the flat side.
2. Turn the stick over with the left hand and bring it back on the reverse side.
3. Walk forward doing it.
4. Weave through the cones.
5. Carry round the far cone both ways.

How much: 5 runs each way

Right hand loose, left hand turns

Cone race

Points

1 point for each cone passed with the ball on the stick (10 a run); 2 bonus points for winning the race.

Fouls

Go back to the last cone: the right hand turns the stick; the ball touches a cone; the ball is played with the rounded side

Win

The most points after 5 races.

1. ★ 20
2. ★★ 40
3. ★★★ 55

Through 5 cones and back without losing the ball.

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

Well played.

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