- 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?
Soft 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.
- Feed a ball to the middle.
- Step round it in a curve, away from the ball, so it ends up on your forehand side with space.
- Hit the forehand, then side-step back to the middle.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Move round the ball's landing point.
- Hit it with a forehand.
- Back to the middle after each.
How much: 10 balls, 3 sets
Go round, keep space
Deep forehands
The rules
Score each run-round forehand that lands deep.
- Mark a line 3 m inside the far baseline
- Feed 10 balls to the middle and backhand side
- Score each run-round forehand
- 3 sets
Fair play: The feeder widens the feed after 5 good ones.
- Points
- 2 points for a forehand landing beyond the line; 1 point for one landing in court.
- Fouls
- No points: hitting a backhand instead; too close to the ball, cramped; not going back to the middle
- Win
- Beat your best set.
Child
Grown-up
- 8
- 12
- 16
6 of 10 run-round forehands in.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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