- 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 start line
- A straight lane
- A slalom of cones
- A loop
Skates, helmet, wrist guards, knee and elbow pads; start on a carpet or grass.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Check the helmet is fastened and the laces are tied tight across the top of the foot.
- Stand up from the floor: onto both knees, one foot flat, both hands on that knee, push up.
- Stand with heels together and toes apart, knees soft: the V.
- From kneeling, fall forward onto the knee pads and wrist guards, then stand up again.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Stand up from a fall: onto both knees, one foot flat, hands on that knee, push up.
- Stand with heels together and toes apart (a V), then toes together.
- Fall forward from kneeling onto the pads and wrist guards.
- Stand up again.
How much: 10 falls and stand-ups
Bend your knees, stay low
Simon says
The rules
You call "knees", "hands", "stand" or "V"; the child does it only after "Simon says".
- The child starts standing in the V
- Call the moves, sometimes without "Simon says"
- 15 calls
Fair play: Call slowly for a younger child.
- Points
- 1 point for each right move after "Simon says"; 1 point for standing still when it was missing.
- Fouls
- No point: falling backward instead of forward; getting up with straight legs; any piece of gear off
- Win
- Beat your best from 15 calls.
- 8
- 12
- 15
Stand up unaided from a fall 5 times.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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