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Bowling Match

Bowling with a grown-up: 10 passes each at 5 pins, taking turns to stand the pins back up.

At home 15 min 1 to 2 players Garden Park With a grown-up 2016 to 2021

Pass, Receive, Heads Up Work hard

At a glance

  • 5 markers in a row as pins and a sixth as the spot, 5 giant steps back. Your child passes from the spot, and you stand beside the pins.
  • Your child takes 10 passes at the pins. When all 5 are down, you stand them back up.
  • Then swap: you take 10 passes and your child stands the pins up for you.
  • Count the pins each of you knocks down in 10 passes, then go again and try to beat it.
  • Progress 1: Practice foot only for all 10 passes.
  • Progress 2: Call the shot: before each pass, point at one pin and try to knock down that one.

If it's not working: Use bigger pins, like empty plastic bottles, so they're easier to hit.

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  • your child
  • Ggrown-up
  • pass
  • 1in this order

Five markers as pins and a sixth as the spot. The child passes at the pins from the spot while the grown-up (G) waits beside the pins to stand them back up. Ten passes each, then swap.

Full details: set up, how to play, tips

Set up

  • Line up 5 markers as pins. Put a sixth down as the spot to pass from, about 5 giant steps away.

Garden, park.

How to play

  • Your child takes 10 passes at the pins from the spot. You stand the pins back up whenever they're all down.
  • Then swap: you take 10 passes and they stand the pins up for you.
  • Count the pins each of you knocks down, then go again and try to beat it.

Make it easier

  • Use bigger pins, like empty plastic bottles, so they're easier to hit.
  • Your child passes from closer, and you pass from 2 giant steps further back.

Make it harder, step by step

  1. Practice foot only for all 10 passes.
  2. Keep the practice foot, and call the shot: before each pass, point at one pin and try to knock down that one.
  3. Step back a pace each round.

Three things to say

  • Standing foot at the pins, strike the middle of the ball.

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

Pins knocked down in 10 passes. Last time and this time. Only ever compared with their own earlier go, never with anyone else's. Saved on this device only.