• 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 net or rope line
• A serving line
• A target square on the wall or the floor

A light ball; a wall; a target square.

Three minutes to get warm.

Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.

1. Dig: put one hand in the other, thumbs side by side, arms straight and together to make a flat platform. Bend the knees and let the ball bounce off the forearms as the legs lift.
2. Set: hands above the forehead in a triangle, elbows bent; as the ball arrives, push up with the legs and the arms together.
3. Set to a chalk mark on the wall, then to yourself.

Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.

1. The dig: forearms together as a flat platform, knees bent, lift with the legs.
2. Dig to yourself, then to the wall, then back to a partner's toss.
3. The set: a triangle of thumbs and first fingers, elbows bent, push up with the legs.
4. Set to a chalk mark on the wall, then 30 to yourself without moving the feet.

How much: 30 digs and 30 sets

Still arms, legs lift the ball

Pass ladder

Points

1 point for each pass in the best rally.

Fouls

The count stops: catching or throwing the ball; a swinging arm dig that sends it wild; the same player touching it twice in a row

Win

Reach the next rung.

1. ★ 5
2. ★★ 10
3. ★★★ 20

10 forearm passes and 10 sets to yourself in a row; then 10 sets in a row against a wall.

End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.

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