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Teqball · Basic · b5

Serve by the rules

Park or court 10 min 2 players Yard or lane, hall or court

Ready when: Wall passes, inside foot (b3) self-check met.

Start a session

What you are learning

The teqball serve: toss the ball from the hand and play it in the air with one touch, with one foot on the ground behind the serving line. The first serve may use any part but the arms; the second serve may not use the foot.

Words on this card Net, Serve, Fault, Touch, Inside of the foot
Net
The low barrier across the middle of the table; at home a rope or a bench.
Serve
The shot that starts each point, and the line the server stands behind.
Fault
Breaking a rule, which loses the point.
Touch
Each time a player plays the ball; at most three per side.
Inside of the foot
The inside edge of the foot, used for accurate passes; the top of the foot, used for hard shots.

Set up

A line 2 m back from the "table" edge; cones as targets.

Weather: dry ground

The base setup for teqball

Show it first for the one teaching

  1. Stand behind the line with one foot on the ground.
  2. Toss the ball up from the hand and play it in the air with the inside of the foot, over the rope.
  3. For a second serve, toss and play it with the thigh or chest instead.

Your part while they practise

Judge the serve; call the fault.

Step by step

  1. Toss from the hand; serve from the air with one touch.
  2. One foot on the ground behind the line.
  3. First serve: any part but the arms.
  4. Second serve: not with the foot.
  5. 2 serves each, then swap, as in a match.

How much: 20 serves 10 min a session 2 days a week

Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.

The game: Serve at the cones

Score each serve that lands near a target cone.

Who plays: 2 players, 2 serves each, then swap.

How to play, turn by turn
Turns
  1. Place 3 cones on the far side
  2. Serve twice, then the other player serves twice
  3. Score each serve
  4. 10 serves each
Fair play
A grown-up serves from 1 m further back.
Points
2 points for hitting a cone; 1 point for a legal serve that lands on the far side.
Fouls
A fault, no points
  • A foot on or over the line
  • The ball dropped and kicked off the ground instead of played in the air
  • A second serve with the foot
Winning
More points after 10 serves each.
Stars
  1. 6 points for 1 star
  2. 10 points for 2 stars
  3. 14 points for 3 stars

Easier or harder

Easier

Closer line.

Harder

Second serve with the thigh only.

What you will see, and what to say

  • foot on the line Behind the line, every serveCheck the feet.
  • the ball is dropped, then kicked Toss, and play it in the airUp, then hit.

Self-check

6of 10

6 of 10 serves land in the target half.

Stop and get a coach when

Serving onto the curved table.

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 serve and its rules.

awiseathlete.com/sports/teqball/teqball-b5