Wall passes, inside foot
Ready when: A different part each touch (b2) started.
What you are learning
The lifted inside-foot pass: the standing foot beside the ball, the inside of the other foot under it, so the ball rises over a line. In teqball every pass must go up, over the net.
Words on this card Net, Return, Inside of the foot, Set
- Net
- The low barrier across the middle of the table; at home a rope or a bench.
- Return
- The touch that sends the ball back over the net.
- Inside of the foot
- The inside edge of the foot, used for accurate passes; the top of the foot, used for hard shots.
- Set
- One part of a match, played to 12 points.
Set up
Tape a line 2 m high on the wall; stand 2 m away.
Weather: dry ground
Show it first for the one teaching
- Drop the ball and let it bounce once.
- Put the standing foot beside the ball and turn the kicking foot out.
- Pass with the inside of the foot under the ball so it hits the wall above the line.
Your part while they practise
Count; mark the line.
Step by step
- Drop the ball, let it bounce.
- Standing foot beside the ball.
- Pass with the inside of the foot above the line.
- Let the return bounce once and pass again.
How much: 3 sets 6 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: Above the line
Count passes in a row that hit the wall above the line.
Who plays: the child against their own best; you count.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Pass to the wall above the line
- Let it bounce once and pass again
- Count until a pass goes below the line or the ball bounces twice
- 3 sets of 2 minutes; keep the best run
- Fair play
- A grown-up uses the weaker foot.
- Points
- 1 point for each pass in a row above the line.
- Fouls
- The run stops
- A pass below the line
- Two bounces before the pass
- A toe poke instead of the inside of the foot
- Winning
- Beat your best run.
- 4 points for 1 star
- 7 points for 2 stars
- 10 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Catch and restart after each pass.
No bounce; alternate feet.
What you will see, and what to say
- the ball goes flat
Under the ball, lift it
Lift, don't kick. - the ball sprays
Foot beside, inside of foot
Set, then pass.
Self-check
10 passes in a row above the line.
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 the lifted inside-foot pass.
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