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Squash · Basic · b2

Hit the wall and catch

At home 10 min 1 player One room

Ready when: Tap and carry (b1) started.

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What you are learning

Reading the ball as it comes back off the wall, which is the heart of squash. First throw and catch, then hit and catch, then keep hitting with one bounce between.

Words on this card Drop
Drop
A soft shot that lands just above the tin and dies at the front.

Set up

A soft ball; a wall target; a line on the wall.

Weather: dry ground

The base setup for squash

Show it first for the one teaching

  1. Throw the ball at the wall above the line and catch it before it bounces twice.
  2. Drop the ball, hit it gently at the wall with the racket and catch it.
  3. Stand behind a floor line and keep hitting, letting it bounce once each time.

Your part while they practise

Stand at the side; throw back a missed ball.

Step by step

  1. Throw the ball at the wall by hand; catch it before the second bounce.
  2. Drop the ball, hit it at the wall and catch it.
  3. From behind a line, keep hitting with one bounce between.

How much: 30 hits 10 min a session 4 days a week

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

The game: Hand squash

Take turns throwing at the wall; the other player must catch before the second bounce, then throw.

Who plays: 2 players, or the child against their own best.

How to play, turn by turn
Turns
  1. Player one throws the ball at the wall above the line
  2. Player two catches it after one bounce and throws it back at the wall
  3. Keep going; a miss gives a point to the other player
  4. First to 11 points
Fair play
A grown-up throws with the weaker hand.
Points
1 point when the other player misses the catch or throws below the line.
Fouls
The point goes to the other player
  • The throw hits below the wall line
  • Catching after two bounces
  • Standing in the other player's way
Winning
The first to 11 points.
Stars
  1. 4 points for 1 star
  2. 8 points for 2 stars
  3. 11 points for 3 stars

Easier or harder

Easier

Throw by hand.

Harder

Hit with the racket and catch with the other hand.

What you will see, and what to say

  • the child cannot find the rebound Watch the ball into the wall and backFollow it.
  • the hit is late Racket back earlyReady before it comes.

Self-check

10

10 hits at the wall, 6 caught on the first bounce.

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 tracking the rebound.

awiseathlete.com/sports/squash/squash-b2