Throw Target Buckets
Roll or throw underarm into buckets at different distances, swapping hands.
At a glance
- Put three buckets or boxes in a line, 2, 4 and 6 steps from your child.
- Your child rolls the ball into the near bucket and throws underarm into the far ones.
- Swap hands. Count how many go in out of 10.
- Progress 1: Use the other hand only.
- Progress 2: Same hand, and swap the furthest bucket for a smaller box.
If it's not working: Move the buckets closer: 1, 2 and 3 steps away.
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Three buckets or boxes in a line, two, four and six steps away. Your child rolls the ball into the near one and throws underarm into the far one, swapping hands.
Full details: set up, how to play, tips
Set up
- Put the buckets 2, 4 and 6 steps away.
Garden or park.
How to play
- Your child rolls or throws the ball underarm into a bucket.
- Close buckets for rolls, far ones for throws.
- Swap hands.
Make it easier
- Move the buckets closer: 1, 2 and 3 steps away.
- Use a bigger target, like a laundry basket.
Make it harder, step by step
- Use the other hand only.
- Same hand, and swap the furthest bucket for a smaller box.
Three things to say
- Step with the opposite foot as you throw.
Colts habit
Work hard: ten throws.
Both feet
Swap hands.
Heads up
Look at the bucket, not the ball.
For your birth year
Pick a birth year to show the tweak for that group.
- Under 5s
- One big box a step away. Lay it on its side for rolling in, then stand it up for gentle throws.
Safety: Throw away from windows.
My best
In the bucket 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.