- 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 line of tape for the stance direction
- A start spot
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.
- Stand on one leg, eyes on one spot on the wall, arms in the guard.
- Lift the other knee slowly up in front to hip height and lower it slowly: no kick.
- Swap legs.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- One-leg balance on each leg for 10 seconds.
- Slow knee lifts: the front kick lift with no kick.
- Hamstring and hip stretches from the link.
How much: 3 balances and 5 knee lifts each leg
Look at one spot
Flamingo
The rules
Who can stand longest on one leg.
- Both stand on one leg, hands in the guard
- Count the seconds aloud together
- The first to put a foot down or touch something loses that round
- 3 rounds each leg; the score is your best time
Fair play: A grown-up balances with the eyes closed.
- Points
- 1 point for each second on one leg in your best round.
- Fouls
- The round ends: holding on to anything; hopping; the hands dropping from the guard
- Win
- The longer best time.
Child
Grown-up
- 10
- 20
- 30
10 seconds on each leg, 3 times.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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