- 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 basket of balls.
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 a few steps from the net, ready, racket up in front.
- As the ball comes, step toward it as if to pick it up, the pivot foot set first.
- Meet it in front with a short push, the weight moving from the back foot to the front.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Take the ball before it bounces, moving toward it.
- Set the pivot foot first.
- On the forehand volley, hit as the weight goes from the back foot to the front.
- Both sides.
- Then low volleys from the service line.
How much: 10 balls, 5 sets
Meet it, no big swing
Volley target
The rules
Volley fed balls into a target zone; the partner keeps score.
- Mark a target zone near the far baseline
- Feed 10 balls, mixed sides
- Score each volley
- 3 sets
Fair play: The feeder mixes in one hard ball per set only after 5 good volleys.
- Points
- 2 points for a volley in the zone; 1 point for a volley in court.
- Fouls
- No points: a big swing; letting the ball bounce first; the wrong foot set first
- Win
- Beat your best set.
Child
Grown-up
- 8
- 13
- 17
8 of 10 fed volleys returned.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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