Beat Your Bests
Your child picks three challenges they've done before and tries to beat their best scores.
At a glance
- Your child picks 3 challenges from the library that they've done before and have a best score for. Have a pen ready.
- They try to beat the best score on each one, and write down the new number.
- Then 5 minutes on the challenge they found trickiest.
- Finish with the skills circuit, 2 rounds, as smooth as they can.
- Progress 1: Mega combo: link 3 skills in one go, like turn, step-over, shot.
- Progress 2: Do the combo with the practice foot only.
If it's not working: Pick 1 or 2 challenges instead of 3.
Full details: set up, how to play, tips
Set up
- Warm up for 5 minutes: their favourite ball-mastery moves.
- Have their list of bests and a pen ready.
Garden, park.
How to play
- Your child picks 3 challenges from the library that they've done before and have a best score for.
- They try to beat the best score on each one. Write the new numbers down.
- Hardest skill: 5 minutes on whatever they found trickiest. That's where they'll improve most.
- Full circuit: the skills circuit one more time, as smooth as they can. 2 rounds.
Make it easier
- Pick 1 or 2 challenges instead of 3.
- Matching a best counts too, not just beating it.
Make it harder, step by step
- Mega combo: link 3 skills together in one go, for example turn, step-over, shot.
- Do the combo with the practice foot only.
- Practice-foot challenge: redo one of the 3 challenges using only the practice foot.
Three things to say
- Look how much you've improved since you started.
Colts habit
Work hard: little and often beats one long go.
Both feet
Do a round with the practice foot only.
Heads up
Look up between touches.
Safety: Pick a clear, flat space, look out for traffic and hazards, and stop if anything hurts. Soft ball indoors.
My best
Bests beaten today. Last time and this time. Only ever compared with their own earlier go, never with anyone else's. Saved on this device only.