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Skateboarding · Basic · b5

Board-control games

Park or court 12 min 1 to 4 players Hall or court

Ready when: Push, roll, turn and stop (b4) done.

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What you are learning

Controlling the board while moving: riding on one foot, crouching to pick things up without stepping off, and steering round cones. These games build balance for every trick that follows.

Words on this card Push
Push
Pushing along the ground with the back foot, then riding without pushing.

Set up

Cones and soft objects (bean bags, soft balls) on the ground.

Weather: dry ground

The base setup for skateboarding

Show it first for the one teaching

  1. Push, then ride with the back foot lifted just off the board, arms out.
  2. Ride past a bean bag, bend the knees deeply and pick it up.
  3. Ride round a cone, looking where you want to go.

Your part while they practise

Run the game; keep the area clear.

Step by step

  1. Push, then ride with the back foot lifted off the board.
  2. Change legs.
  3. Ride past the objects and pick them up without stepping off.
  4. Ride round or between cones.

How much: 5 runs 12 min a session 2 days a week

Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.

The game: Pick-up

Ride past the objects and pick up as many as you can in a minute without stepping off.

Who plays: 1 to 4 skaters, taking turns; you time.

How to play, turn by turn
Turns
  1. Spread 8 soft objects along a lane
  2. Start a 1-minute timer
  3. Ride, pick up objects and drop them in a bucket at the end
  4. 3 turns each
Fair play
A grown-up may only use the weaker hand.
Points
1 point for each object picked up while riding.
Fouls
That object does not count
  • Stepping off the board to pick it up
  • Touching the ground with a hand to balance
  • Riding into another skater's lane
Winning
The most points in one turn.
Stars
  1. 2 points for 1 star
  2. 4 points for 2 stars
  3. 6 points for 3 stars

Easier or harder

Easier

Step off to pick up.

Harder

Without stepping off, against the clock.

What you will see, and what to say

  • the child looks down Look where you want to goEyes up.
  • they stiffen on one leg Soft knee, arms outBend and balance.

Self-check

5

5 objects picked up in a minute without stepping off.

Stop and get a coach when

Collisions.

Fitness for this

Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.

This card trains balance while moving, steering.

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