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Before you start
  • 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.

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Setup · 1 minute

Is the space marked?

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

A disc; cones at growing distances.

Warm up · 3 minutes

Three minutes to get warm.

Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.

3:00
Show it · 1 minute
  1. Take the forehand grip and lift the disc above and behind the shoulder, tilted on its side.
  2. Throw it over the top of the head; the disc turns and flies upside down.
  3. For a curve, throw a backhand with the far edge of the disc tilted down a little.

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

The skill · 10 minutes
  1. The overhead throw: the forehand grip, the disc above and behind the shoulder, thrown over the top.
  2. 15 overhead throws.
  3. Longer backhands, moving out one cone at a time.
  4. Curve throws, the edge tilted at release.

How much: 15 overhead throws and 10 long backhands

Release higher

10:00
The game · 5 minutes

Over the top

The rules

A defender stands in the middle; the pair scores for each pass the defender cannot touch.

  1. The pair stands 12 strides apart; the defender stands in the middle and may jump but not move their feet
  2. The pair throws overhead or curving passes past the defender
  3. 10 throws, then the defender swaps with the thrower

Fair play: A grown-up defender must keep both feet on the ground.

Points
The pair scores 1 point for each catch; the defender scores 2 points for each disc touched.
Fouls
A point to the defender: a pass dropped by the catcher; a pass thrown below the defender's waist; the catcher stepping more than one stride to catch
Win
The most points after everyone has been the defender.
Child
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Grown-up
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  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 8

5:00
Finish · 2 minutes

4 of 10 overhead throws land within an arm's reach of the target.

0/4

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

Finished

Well played.

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