- 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
Cones; a stick each; shin pads.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Stand facing the attacker, knees bent, body low.
- As the ball comes, lay the stick flat on the ground across its path, left hand on top.
- Let the ball run into the stick and stop.
- Carry the ball away to the opposite cone.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Walk through the tackle first.
- Low body position.
- The stick on the ground meeting the ball.
- Carry the ball to the opposite cone.
- Then at jogging pace.
How much: 6 each
Keep the stick low
Clean tackle
The rules
A point for each tackle that wins the ball with no foul.
- You dribble from one cone toward the child, 10 m away
- The child tackles and carries the ball to your starting cone
- 6 attacks, then swap
Fair play: A grown-up attacker dribbles at walking pace.
- Points
- The tackler scores 1 point for each ball won and carried to the cone; the attacker scores 1 point for each time they get past.
- Fouls
- A point to the attacker: the stick lifted off the ground; hitting the attacker's stick or legs; diving in and falling over
- Win
- More points after 6 attacks each.
Child
Grown-up
- 2
- 3
- 5
4 of 6 tackles win the ball without a foul.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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