- 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
Cones and soft objects (bean bags, soft balls) on the ground.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Push, then ride with the back foot lifted just off the board, arms out.
- Ride past a bean bag, bend the knees deeply and pick it up.
- Ride round a cone, looking where you want to go.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Push, then ride with the back foot lifted off the board.
- Change legs.
- Ride past the objects and pick them up without stepping off.
- Ride round or between cones.
How much: 5 runs
Look where you want to go
Pick-up
The rules
Ride past the objects and pick up as many as you can in a minute without stepping off.
- Spread 8 soft objects along a lane
- Start a 1-minute timer
- Ride, pick up objects and drop them in a bucket at the end
- 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
- Win
- The most points in one turn.
- 2
- 4
- 6
5 objects picked up in a minute without stepping off.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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