- 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 plastic club, a foam ball or tennis ball, a hitting mat, a safe zone behind the hitter.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Grip: hook the little finger of the trail hand between the first two fingers of the lead hand.
- Feet a shoulder-width apart, the ball in the middle, knees soft.
- Swing back slowly, then through, letting the club brush the grass.
- Finish with the chest facing the target, weight on the front foot, and hold still for 2 seconds.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- The interlocking grip.
- Feet about shoulder-width with the ball between them.
- A slow, smooth swing back and through.
- Hold the finish for 2 seconds.
How much: 10 swings, 3 rounds
Hold the finish, stay balanced
Precision
The rules
Play as close as you can to cones at 10, 20 and 30 m.
- Put cones at 10, 20 and 30 m
- Each player hits 3 balls at the 10 m cone, then 3 at the 20 m cone, then 3 at the 30 m cone
- Everyone fetches the balls together when all have hit
Fair play: A grown-up hits with a shorter club or from 5 m further back.
- Points
- 3 points for a ball that stops within 3 m of the cone; 1 point within 6 m; 1 bonus point for each finish held for 2 seconds.
- Fouls
- No points for that ball: swinging before "all clear"; falling off balance at the finish; hitting toward another person
- Win
- The most points after 9 balls.
- 8
- 15
- 22
Hold the finish for 2 seconds on 7 of 10 swings.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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