Keepy-Up Rally
Take turns with your child keeping one ball up between you, and count the touches together before it drops.
At a glance
- One ball. You and your child stand 2 big steps apart in a clear space.
- You take one touch, then send it across to your child. They take one touch, then send it back.
- Count the touches between you before it drops. It's a team score.
- Progress 1: Two touches each before it goes across.
- Progress 2: Same, and your child uses the practice foot for every touch.
If it's not working: Your child may catch it, then drop it onto the foot to play it across.
Full details: set up, how to play, tips
Set up
- One ball. You and your child stand 2 big steps apart in a clear space.
Garden, park, indoors.
How to play
- You take one touch, then send it across to your child. They take one touch, then send it back.
- Count the touches between you before it drops. It's a team score.
Make it easier
- Your child may catch it, then drop it onto the foot to play it across.
- Stand close together, about one big step apart.
Make it harder, step by step
- Two touches each before it goes across.
- Same, and your child uses the practice foot for every touch.
Three things to say
- Soft surface, pass it across gently.
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: Feet and thighs only. No heading.
My best
Combined total. Last time and this time. Only ever compared with their own earlier go, never with anyone else's. Saved on this device only.