- 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 mat, a jack, bowls or biased balls.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Roll the jack to a length and centre it.
- Pick a line wide of the jack and draw a forehand bowl to it.
- Draw a backhand on the other side.
- After 3 good draws, move the jack 1 m longer.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Roll the jack to a length.
- Draw your first bowl to it.
- Draw forehand, then backhand.
- Move the jack 1 m longer after 3 good draws.
How much: 10 bowls each side
Aim at the line object, not the jack
Beat the bowl
The rules
Your partner's bowl sits near the jack; draw closer than it.
- One player draws a bowl to the jack
- The other tries to draw closer
- Swap who goes first. 10 rounds
Fair play: A grown-up plays backhand only.
- Points
- 1 point for each round your bowl finishes nearer the jack.
- Fouls
- The bowl is removed: the anchor foot off the mat at release; bowling out of turn; touching a bowl in the head before the end is over
- Win
- More points after 10 rounds.
- 3
- 5
- 7
6 of 10 draws finish within a bowl length.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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