- 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?
- The board's outline on the mat (tape)
- The foot positions
- At the beach, the flags
A drawing of a wave and surfers, or a surf video, or the beach.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Draw a wave and mark the peak, where it starts to break.
- Draw two surfers; point to the one nearest the peak: that surfer has the wave.
- Draw a third surfer taking off in front: that is a drop-in, not allowed.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- The surfer nearest the peak has the wave.
- No dropping in.
- No snaking.
- Paddle out wide of riders.
- Call "left" or "right" on a shared peak.
How much: 5 pictures
Who is nearest the breaking part?
Spot the drop-in
The rules
You show a picture or a wave in a video; the child names who has the wave and who broke a rule.
- Draw or pause a video on a wave with 2 to 4 surfers
- The child points to the surfer who has the wave
- Then names any rule broken
- 5 pictures each
Fair play: A grown-up must explain each answer in one sentence.
- Points
- 1 point for the right surfer; 1 point for each rule break named.
- Fouls
- No points: pointing to the surfer furthest from the peak; naming a break that is not there; answering before looking at the whole picture
- Win
- More points after 5 pictures each.
- 4
- 7
- 10
The right rider named in 5 of 5 pictures.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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