- 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
- Two cones 5 yards apart for catching
- Four cones for the cone drill
- A touchdown line
A ball, two cones 5 yards apart.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Hold the ball with the fingers across the laces, the thumb underneath.
- Stand side on, the other shoulder pointing at your partner.
- Step toward your partner and throw overarm, the elbow high.
- Let the fingers slide down the outside of the ball as it leaves, so it spins.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Side on, fingers on the laces.
- Step toward the target.
- Throw overarm.
- Let the fingers slide down the outside of the ball so it spins.
How much: 10 throws, 3 rounds
Step toward your target
Target throw
The rules
Three throws at a hoop or a target; a hit moves you one step back.
- Hang a hoop or mark a target at chest height 3 yards away
- Throw three balls at it
- Each hit, take one step back for the next turn; three misses in a row, take one step forward
- 5 turns
Fair play: A grown-up throws with the other hand.
- Points
- Your score is the number of steps from the start line at the end of 5 turns.
- Fouls
- The throw does not count as a hit: an underarm throw; no step toward the target; stepping over the throwing line
- Win
- The most steps back after 5 turns.
- 3
- 6
- 9
6 of 10 throws reach the partner at chest height from 5 yards.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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