• 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 throwing line
• Two cones 10 strides apart
• End zones

A disc; cones.

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. Marker: stand an arm's length from the thrower, hands low, knees bent, and count "stalling 1, 2, 3" aloud.
2. Thrower: keep one foot still, fake one way, then pivot the other way and throw.
3. Receiver: take two steps away, plant a foot and sprint into the empty space to catch.

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

1. The thrower fakes and pivots on one foot to get a throw past the marker to a standing team-mate.
2. The marker shuffles, never lunges, and counts aloud to ten.
3. Swap after five tries.
4. Cutting: a step or two away, plant and sprint into the space to receive.

How much: 5 tries each role

Shuffle, do not lunge

Square score

Points

The thrower and receiver score 1 point for a catch inside the square; the marker scores 1 point for a touched disc or a stall.

Fouls

A point to the other side: the pivot foot moves; the marker touches the thrower or lunges; the marker counts faster than one a second

Win

The most points after everyone has had each role.

1. ★ 2
2. ★★ 3
3. ★★★ 5

5 pivots in a row with the pivot foot still.

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

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