- 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 football.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Drop the ball onto the thigh and pop it up.
- Next touch with the foot, then the chest, then the other thigh.
- Say each part aloud as you use it.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Juggle with a new body part each touch.
- Foot, thigh, chest, head, the other thigh, the other foot.
- The juggling steps are in football.md.
How much: 5 tries
Change the part
Change chain
The rules
Count touches in a row with no part used twice running; beat your best chain.
- Drop the ball and start
- Call the next part before each touch, or let the child choose
- Count until a miss or a repeat
- 5 tries
Fair play: A grown-up must use the part the child calls.
- Points
- 1 point for each touch in your best chain.
- Fouls
- The chain stops: the same part twice in a row; a touch with the hand or arm; more than 3 headers in one chain
- Win
- Beat your best chain.
Child
Grown-up
- 3
- 6
- 10
6 touches in a row, no part used twice running.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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