- 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?
Two cones about 3 m apart.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Stand between the cones, facing the thrower.
- Side-step to the right cone and return the throw with the right foot after one bounce.
- Side-step to the left cone and return with the left foot.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Side-step to the right cone; return the throw with the right foot after one bounce.
- Side-step left; return with the left.
- 10 each side.
- Then with the thigh.
How much: 10 each side, 2 rounds
Side steps, stay square
One-minute returns
The rules
Count clean returns in a minute, side to side.
- Throw alternately to the right and left cones
- The player side-steps and returns each one
- Count clean returns in 1 minute
- 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
- Win
- Beat your best minute.
Child
Grown-up
- 5
- 9
- 13
8 of 10 clean returns with the correct foot.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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