- 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 wall target
- Two-cone gates
- A 20 by 20 yard grid
Any ball; a clear space.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Mark a small box. Dribble slowly inside it with tiny touches of the inside, then the outside, of each foot.
- Stop the ball and tap the top of it with the sole of each foot in turn: toe taps.
- Drop the ball onto your laces, kick it up gently and catch it.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Dribble in a small box with the inside and outside of both feet.
- Change speed when you hear a clap.
- On "stop", toe taps on the spot.
- Drop the ball, kick it up lightly and catch it.
How much: 4 rounds of 2 minutes
Small touches, keep it close
Juggle count
The rules
Kick the ball up and catch it, then two kicks and a catch, and so on; beat your best each week.
- Drop the ball and kick it up once, then catch it
- Next try: two kicks in a row, then catch
- Keep adding a kick until the ball drops
- 5 tries; the best row is the score
Fair play: A younger child may let the ball bounce once between kicks.
- Points
- 1 point for each kick in your best row.
- Fouls
- The row ends: the ball touches a hand or arm before the catch; the ball bounces on the ground; a kick goes higher than the head
- Win
- Beat last week's best.
- 3
- 6
- 10
5 toe taps each foot without losing the ball and a catch after one kick, 5 times in a row.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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