- 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 net line
- The wide corners of the table
- A target (a paper square) on the far half
A balloon; a beach ball or foam ball; light paddles; a row of chairs or a sofa back as a high net.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Keep a balloon up with the palm, then the back of the hand.
- Throw a beach ball over the chairs to the child, who catches it and throws it back.
- Drop a foam ball, let it bounce once and hit it with the paddle over the chairs.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Keep the balloon up with the palm, then the back of the hand, then kneeling and sitting.
- Pass a beach ball by hand over the chairs.
- Hit a foam ball with a paddle after one bounce, right hand and left hand.
How much: 3 rounds
Now the other hand
Over the chairs
The rules
Hit the ball back and forth over the chairs and count the hits before it touches the floor twice.
- Stand either side of the chairs
- Hit the foam ball over after one bounce
- Count the hits until a miss
- 5 tries; swap hands for the last 2
Fair play: The grown-up sends every ball to the child's hitting side.
- Points
- 1 point for each hit over the chairs in your best try.
- Fouls
- The count stops: two bounces before the hit; catching the ball; hitting it under the chairs
- Win
- Beat your best.
- 3
- 6
- 10
10 balloon touches in a row; 5 hits over the chairs.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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