- 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 soft ball (two later), a racket.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Hold the racket flat, face up, and tap the ball up a little, again and again.
- Turn the face down and bounce the ball on the ground.
- Tap the ball gently across to a partner, who taps it back.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Bounce the ball up on the racket face.
- Then bounce it down onto the ground.
- Juggle two balls.
- Side-steps in between.
How much: 3 rounds
Flat face, small taps
Back and forth
The rules
Send the ball to a partner with no bounce, then with one bounce; count the hits in a row.
- Stand 2 m apart
- Tap the ball to each other in the air, no bounce
- Count the hits until it drops
- Then allow one bounce on each side. 3 tries of each
Fair play: A grown-up hits with the other hand.
- Points
- 1 point for each hit in a row.
- Fouls
- The count stops: two hits in a row by the same player; catching with the hand; a hit that makes the partner move more than 2 steps
- Win
- Beat your best count.
- 5
- 10
- 20
20 bounces in a row on the racket.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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