• 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 putting start line
• A target box 2 m by 2 m
• A hitting line with a safe zone behind
• Flags or cones at 20, 40 and 60 m for the distance game

A putter or broom handle, a soft ball, a mug on its side as the hole, 2 m away.

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. Hold the putter lightly with both hands close together, as if holding a bird.
2. Stand with the feet hip-width apart, the ball in the middle, knees slightly bent, eyes over the ball.
3. Swing the putter back to your back toe and through to your front toe, the same distance each way: tick, tock.
4. Keep the head still until the ball has gone.

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

1. Feet the same distance either side of the ball, about hip width.
2. Knees slightly bent, eyes over the ball.
3. A smooth tick-tock stroke.
4. The club never above knee height.

How much: 10 putts, 3 rounds

Knee height only

Round the clock

Points

1 point for each putt; the lowest total is best.

Fouls

Add 1 point: the club goes above knee height; pushing or scooping the ball instead of a stroke; moving the ball before the putt

Win

The lower total after all four markers.

1. ★ 12
2. ★★ 8
3. ★★★ 5

5 of 10 putts finish inside a 1 m circle round the hole from 2 m.

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

Well played.

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