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Teqball · Intermediate · i3

Side to side returns

Park or court 10 min 2 players Yard or lane

Ready when: Half-volley into the hands (i2) started.

Start a session

What you are learning

Defending a wide ball: side-stepping across without crossing the feet and returning it with the foot nearer the ball, right foot on the right and left foot on the left. It trains both sides of the body.

Words on this card Return, Side-step, Set
Return
The touch that sends the ball back over the net.
Side-step
Moving sideways without crossing the feet.
Set
One part of a match, played to 12 points.

Set up

Two cones about 3 m apart.

Weather: dry ground

The base setup for teqball

Show it first for the one teaching

  1. Stand between the cones, facing the thrower.
  2. Side-step to the right cone and return the throw with the right foot after one bounce.
  3. Side-step to the left cone and return with the left foot.

Your part while they practise

Throw to the cone the player is reaching.

Step by step

  1. Side-step to the right cone; return the throw with the right foot after one bounce.
  2. Side-step left; return with the left.
  3. 10 each side.
  4. Then with the thigh.

How much: 10 each side, 2 rounds 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: One-minute returns

Count clean returns in a minute, side to side.

Who plays: the player against their own best; you throw.

How to play, turn by turn
Turns
  1. Throw alternately to the right and left cones
  2. The player side-steps and returns each one
  3. Count clean returns in 1 minute
  4. 3 rounds
Fair play
The thrower waits until the player is set.
Points
1 point for each clean return with the right foot.
Fouls
No point
  • Crossing the feet
  • The wrong foot for that side
  • Two bounces
Winning
Beat your best minute.
Stars
  1. 5 points for 1 star
  2. 9 points for 2 stars
  3. 13 points for 3 stars

Easier or harder

Easier

Catch, then return.

Harder

Faster throws, over a rope.

What you will see, and what to say

  • the player crosses the feet Side steps, stay squareFace the thrower.
  • the wrong foot Right cone, right footNear foot.

Self-check

8of 10

8 of 10 clean returns with the correct foot.

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 defence, both sides of the body.

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