- 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 grid with safety lines at each end
- A try line
An oval ball; 4 cones as a target box.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Hold the ball upright in two hands, drop it onto the laces and strike, following through upward.
- Kick low, so the ball rolls along the ground: a grubber.
- Pass with a twist of the wrists so the ball spins, from the hips.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Drop the ball onto the top of the foot.
- Strike with the laces, standing, then further.
- Follow through upward to send it higher.
- A low kick along the ground: the grubber.
- A longer spin pass from the hips and wrists.
How much: 20 kicks and 10 passes
Laces, drop it on the foot
Target kicking
The rules
Score by kicking the ball so it stops in the cone box.
- Kick from a marked spot, 10 steps from the box
- Each player has 10 kicks, taking turns
- Score where the ball stops
Fair play: A grown-up kicks from 5 more steps back.
- Points
- 3 points if the ball stops in the box; 1 point if it lands in the box and rolls out.
- Fouls
- No points: kicking with the toe; kicking in a different direction from the others; kicking from in front of the spot
- Win
- The most points after 10 kicks each.
- 8
- 15
- 22
7 of 10 kicks caught by the partner without moving more than two steps.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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