• 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?

• The mat
• The jack mark
• A line of two discs
• A bank object as the line target if outdoors

A tennis ball with a lump of Blu-tack stuck on one side (the bias); a cone as the jack 4 to 5 m away; carpet or matting on a hard floor.

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. Claw grip: fingers spread under the ball, thumb on top. Cradle grip: the ball resting in the palm, thumb lower down the side.
2. Forehand: hold the lump on the left, aim right of the jack and watch it curve in.
3. Backhand: hold the lump on the right, aim left of the jack.

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

1. Try the claw grip and the cradle grip.
2. Forehand: bias on the left, aim right of the jack, let it curve in.
3. Backhand: bias on the right, aim left of the jack.
4. Face the line you aim along.

How much: 6 forehand and 6 backhand, 3 rounds

Aim wide, let it curve

Round the wall

Points

2 points for a ball that curves round the wall and stops within a body length of the jack; 1 point for one that gets round the wall.

Fouls

No points for that roll: knocking the wall; aiming straight at the jack; the lump on the wrong side for the hand you called

Win

More points after 6 rolls each.

1. ★ 4
2. ★★ 7
3. ★★★ 10

3 of 6 forehands and 3 of 6 backhands finish within a body length of the jack.

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

Well played.

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