- 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
The board on grass; pads on; or hold the board still with your foot.
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 beside the board, jump, and land with both feet over the bolts at the same moment.
- Try it from in front, from behind and from the side.
- Stand on the board, jump, turn your shoulders and body half a turn, and land facing the other way.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Jump onto the board, landing with both feet at once.
- Then from in front, behind and the side.
- Then the body varial: jump, turn 180 degrees leading with the shoulders, land facing the other way.
How much: 5 jumps and 5 body varials
Both feet together
Call the turn
The rules
You call "left" or "right"; the child does a body varial that way.
- The child stands on the board
- Call "left" or "right"
- The child jumps, turns that way and lands on the board
- 10 calls
Fair play: A grown-up does a full turn.
- Points
- 1 point for each varial landed on the board; 1 more point if both feet landed together.
- Fouls
- No points for that call: turning the wrong way; one foot landing first; landing off the board
- Win
- Beat your best from 10 calls.
- 6
- 12
- 18
5 two-footed landings in a row and 3 body varials.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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