- 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?
Paper and pens; a picture of the correct sight picture from the club (a rifle ring sight or a pistol post).
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Look at the club's picture together and point to the target, the ring or post, and the equal gaps.
- Draw it from memory, then compare.
- Close your eyes and picture it for 10 seconds.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Draw the sight picture from memory.
- Compare it with the club's picture.
- Close the eyes and picture it for 10 seconds; 3 times.
- Talk it through: the shot is not the end; stay still and keep looking for a moment after it.
How much: 3 drawings
Post in the middle, gaps equal
Pick the right one
The rules
You draw 3 sight pictures, one correct; the child picks it in 5 seconds.
- Draw 3 sight pictures, one right and two a little off
- Show them; count to 5
- The child points to the right one and says what is wrong with the others
- 6 rounds
Fair play: The grown-up must name both mistakes to score.
- Points
- 1 point for the right picture; 1 point for each mistake named in the others.
- Fouls
- No points: pointing after 5 seconds; changing the answer; naming a mistake that is not there
- Win
- Beat your best from 6 rounds.
- 6
- 12
- 18
The sight picture drawn correctly from memory 3 times in a row.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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