Pillow Keeper Relay
Save a rolled ball, pass it back, touch the pillow and get set again.
At a glance
- Mark a goal with two markers. Your child stands in it, with a pillow on the ground a few steps to one side.
- Roll the ball along the ground at the goal. Your child saves it and rolls or throws it back to you.
- Then they run to touch the pillow and get back in the goal for the next roll. Swap after 10 rolls.
- Progress 1: Your child throws it back to a target, like a hat or a bucket.
- Progress 2: Move the target to a new spot after every throw.
If it's not working: Move the pillow closer, just a step from the goal.
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Your child guards a goal of two markers with the pillow on the ground a few steps to one side. You roll the ball along the ground, they save it and roll or throw it back to you, then run to touch the pillow and get back into the goal for the next roll.
Full details: set up, how to play, tips
Set up
- Your child guards a goal with the pillow on the ground to one side.
Garden or park.
How to play
- You roll the ball along the ground.
- They save it and pass it back to you with a roll or throw.
- Then they touch the pillow and get back into position.
- Swap after 10 rolls.
Make it easier
- Move the pillow closer, just a step from the goal.
- Make the goal narrower, about 2 big steps wide, so every roll is in reach.
Make it harder, step by step
- Your child throws it back to a target, like a hat or a bucket.
- Move the target to a new spot after every throw.
Three things to say
- Get set before the roll, save with two hands, then move.
Colts habit
Work hard: ten saves and ten pillow touches.
Both feet
Roll back with each hand.
Heads up
Get set and look before every roll.
Safety: Soft grass. Ground rolls only.
My best
Saves out of 10. Last time and this time. Only ever compared with their own earlier go, never with anyone else's. Saved on this device only.