- 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
Four cones or shoes in a 5-yard square; a chalk ladder of 8 boxes.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Step through the ladder slowly: one foot in each box, then two feet in each box, then sideways.
- Stand in the middle of the square, low, feet apart.
- Sprint to one cone, plant the outside foot hard and push off toward the next.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- The chalk ladder: one foot in each box.
- Two feet in each box.
- Side steps through it.
- Four corners: sprint to the cone you hear, plant and cut to the next.
- Stay low; do not cross the feet.
How much: 4 rounds
Feet apart, stay low
Corner call
The rules
You call a cone; the child must touch it before you count to 3.
- Number the cones 1 to 4
- The child starts in the middle
- Call a number and count "1, 2, 3"; the child touches that cone and comes back to the middle
- 10 calls
Fair play: A grown-up must touch the cone before "2".
- Points
- 1 point for each cone touched before "3".
- Fouls
- No point for that call: crossing the feet; going to the wrong cone; standing up tall instead of staying low
- Win
- Beat your best from 10 calls.
- 5
- 8
- 10
The four-corner drill done without crossing feet 3 times.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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