- 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?
Cones, a hoop, bean bags, a skipping rope.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Sprint 10 m with the hands swinging from the hip up to the lips.
- Standing long jump: crouch, swing the arms back, then drive forward and land on both feet.
- Throw a bean bag underarm into a hoop, stepping with the opposite foot.
- Walk a chalk line heel to toe, then skip 10 times.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- A 10 m sprint (arms from hip to lip).
- A standing long jump (crouch, swing, drive).
- An underarm throw into a hoop.
- A balance walk on a line.
- Skipping.
How much: 4 rounds
That is fine, try it once
Little pentathlon
The rules
Five stations, each scored against your own best.
- Do the five stations in order
- Score each: sprint, 1 point if faster than last time; jump, 1 point if further; throw, 1 point per bean bag in the hoop out of 3; balance walk, 1 point for no step off; skipping, 1 point for 10 skips without a stop
- Add the points; write them down
- 2 rounds; keep the better one
Fair play: A grown-up throws from 2 m further back.
- Points
- Up to 7 points a round, as above.
- Fouls
- No point at that station: a step off the line in the balance walk; stepping over the throwing line; a jump that starts with a run-up
- Win
- Beat your best round.
Child
Grown-up
- 3
- 5
- 7
The child completes 5 of 5 stations in a round.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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