- 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 cone slalom
- A stopping line
Pads.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Front foot a little further back than for an ollie, near the edge, toes just over it.
- Ollie, and as the board rises push the front foot forward and off the edge so the outer toes flick it.
- Lift the feet up, let the board spin once, catch it with the feet and land with bent knees.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Front foot near the edge.
- The ollie movement.
- Push the front foot forward off the edge so the outer toes flip the board.
- Pull the feet up.
- Catch the board with the feet; land soft.
How much: 20 tries
Flick forward, not out
Trick list
The rules
A card of tricks you can land; tick each one landed today, with a new colour each month.
- Write your tricks on a card, kickflip at the bottom
- Try each trick 3 times
- Tick each one landed; land a kickflip to add a star
Fair play: A grown-up adds one new trick to the list.
- Points
- 1 point for each trick on the list landed today; 3 points for a kickflip landed with both feet on the board.
- Fouls
- No points for that trick: landing with one foot off the board; tries without pads; a try in someone else's line
- Win
- Beat last month's points.
Child
Grown-up
- 4
- 8
- 12
3 of 10 kickflips landed on the board.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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