• 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 throwing line
• A chalk target on the wall
• A goal area line
• A goal

A small court, a lowered goal or a wall goal, a soft ball; mixed teams.

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. Walk the court: the goals, the goal areas and the middle line.
2. Show the throw-off: everyone in their own half, the ball thrown from the middle.
3. Walk an attack: three passes, then a shot from outside the goal area.

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

1. Grid ball first: throw and catch, no moving with the ball.
2. Then modified handball: soft ball, no contact.
3. Up to 3 steps; nobody but the goalkeeper in the goal area.
4. All players in their own half before each throw-off.

How much: 2 halves of 6 minutes

Pass to the free player

Mini handball

Points

1 goal for each shot into the goal; 2 goals if every court player on the team touched the ball first.

Fouls

A free throw to the other team: more than three steps, or a second dribble; a court player in the goal area; pushing, holding or hitting

Win

More goals after two halves.

1. ★ 1
2. ★★ 3
3. ★★★ 5

Every child shoots, passes and defends in a 15-minute game: 3 of 3.

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

Well played.

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