- 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 shallow end line
- A lane for kicking
- A floating target (a hoop or a ring)
A kickboard; the pool wall.
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 with your back to the wall, arms stretched over the head, hands on top of each other.
- Push off with both feet and slide toward the child, long and narrow.
- Hold the board in front and kick from the hips with long legs and pointed toes; then lie on the back and kick gently.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Push off the wall long and narrow like an arrow, hands on top of each other.
- Glide to the parent.
- Kick on the front with a board: long legs, pointed toes.
- Then on the back with a relaxed kick.
How much: 5 pushes and 4 lengths of kicking
Push your belly button up
Glide and go
The rules
Push and glide as far as you can, and when you slow down, start kicking; mark how far the glide went.
- Push off the wall and glide
- When the glide slows, call "go": the child starts kicking
- Mark where the glide ended with your hand
- 5 pushes
Fair play: A grown-up glides with the hands by the sides.
- Points
- 1 point for each body length of glide; 1 more point for kicking to you without stopping.
- Fouls
- No points for that push: lifting the head during the glide; pushing off the floor instead of the wall; grabbing the lane rope
- Win
- Beat your best glide.
- 2
- 3
- 4
Glide 2 body lengths and kick 10 metres with the board.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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