- 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
- Four zones
- A goal circle
Cones; one ball; a defender.
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 next to a defender. Step and lean to the left, dropping the left shoulder.
- Push off and sprint to the right into empty space.
- Hold one hand up as a target for the pass.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- The feint: step and lean one way, drop a shoulder.
- Sprint the other way into space with a hand up for the ball.
- If it fails, go again.
How much: 8 each side
Go before the ball is caught
Get free
The rules
One attacker, one defender, one passer; the attacker scores a point for each catch in space.
- Mark a 5 m square; the attacker and defender start in the middle
- The attacker dodges and drives to get free
- You pass when the attacker is free; a clean catch scores
- 10 tries, then rotate
Fair play: A grown-up defender may only side-step, never sprint.
- Points
- The attacker scores 1 point for each clean catch; the defender scores 1 point for each touch or intercept.
- Fouls
- A point to the other player: contact; the defender standing closer than 0.9 m once the ball is caught; the attacker moving the landing foot after the catch
- Win
- The most points after everyone has attacked.
- 3
- 5
- 7
6 of 10 leads end in a catch.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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