- 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
Two goals or four cones; bibs; a ball.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Place the ball still. Put the standing foot beside it, head over the ball.
- Point the toe down and strike the middle of the ball with the laces.
- Aim low at a corner of the goal, not at the middle.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Shoot from a still ball: foot beside it, laces, head over the ball, aim low in the corners.
- 2 v 1 to a goal.
- 1 v 1 to two small cone goals.
How much: 10 shots each, then 2 games of 5 minutes
Pass to a team-mate
Four-goal football
The rules
Each team defends two small cone goals and attacks two; no keepers.
- Put a small cone goal 2 m wide in each corner of the grid
- Each team attacks the two goals at the far end
- After a goal, the other team restarts from its own end line
- Two halves of 5 minutes
Fair play: A grown-up may pass but not score.
- Points
- 1 goal for each ball dribbled or passed through a goal; 2 goals if every player on the team touched the ball first.
- Fouls
- A free kick to the other team: tackling from behind, pushing or kicking the legs; a hand or arm on the ball; one player keeping the ball for more than 5 touches
- Win
- More goals after two halves.
- 1
- 3
- 5
Each child has 1 shot on goal or more in a 10-minute game.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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