- 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 line for passing
- A rope as a net
- Two baskets for the children's game (about 130 cm high with 35 to 40 cm openings)
A soft ball; 3 m apart; a square for 4.
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 3 m from the child. Call "ready" and wait for "ready" back.
- Drop the ball onto the inside of your foot and lift it gently in an arc to the child's chest or knee height.
- Show how the foot ends up pointing at the partner.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Call "ready".
- Low passes with the inside of the foot between partners.
- Then square passing in four.
How much: 30 passes
Point your toe at your partner
Over the rope
The rules
A friendly match with a soft ball over a rope, three touches a side.
- Tie a rope at waist height between two chairs or posts
- One player drops the ball and kicks it over to start
- Each side may touch it up to three times, including passes to a teammate, then send it over
- Play to 11 points
Fair play: A grown-up may only use the inside kick.
- Points
- 1 point when the ball lands on the other side, or the other side breaks a rule.
- Fouls
- The point goes to the other side: a touch with the hand or arm; more than three touches on one side; kicking it over without calling "ready" at the start
- Win
- The first to 11 points.
- 3
- 6
- 11
10 passes between two partners without a drop.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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