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Wall Pass and Move

Pass against a wall, then move to a new sock before the ball comes back.

At home 5 min 1 to 2 players Wall Garden On your own With a grown-up 2016 to 2021

Off the Ball Work hard

At a glance

  • Put three socks in a row, two big steps apart, about three big steps from a wall. Your child stands by one sock with the ball.
  • Your child passes at an angle against the wall, so it comes back to a different sock, moves there and stops the ball.
  • Then pass again from the new sock. Keep going for a minute and count the passes made from a new sock.
  • No wall? You can be the wall and pass the ball back to whichever sock your child has moved to.
  • Progress 1: Call a sock just after the pass, so your child moves to the one you name.
  • Progress 2: Your child stops the ball with the foot nearest the sock they will move to next.

If it's not working: Pass more softly, so the ball takes longer to come back.

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Three socks in a row, about three big steps from a wall. Your child passes against the wall from the first sock, moves straight away to the far sock, and stops the ball there as it comes back off the wall.

Full details: set up, how to play, tips

Set up

  • Put three socks in a row, two big steps apart, about three big steps from a wall.
  • Stand by one sock with the ball.

A wall or garage door, with room for three socks in a row.

How to play

  • Pass the ball against the wall at an angle, so it comes back towards a different sock.
  • Straight away, move to a different sock.
  • Stop the ball as it comes back, then pass again from the new sock.
  • Keep going for a minute: pass, move, stop, pass.
  • No wall? A grown-up can be the wall and pass back to the new sock.

Make it easier

  • Pass more softly, so the ball takes longer to come back.
  • Use two socks, one big step apart.

Make it harder, step by step

  1. Call a sock just after the pass, so your child moves to the one you name.
  2. Your child stops the ball with the foot nearest the sock they will move to next.
  3. Add a fourth sock, three big steps from the others.

Three things to say

  • Pass, then move at once. Never watch your pass.
  • Get to the new sock before the ball does.
  • Stop it, look up, pass again.

Words that work: "Great moving!", "You beat the ball!", "Brilliant, you never stood still!"

Colts habit

Work hard: pass and move for the whole minute.

Both feet

Pass with your left foot from the left sock and your right foot from the right.

Heads up

Choose your next sock before the ball comes back.

For your birth year

Pick a birth year to show the tweak for that group.

2020 to 2021
Two socks only, and a grown-up rolls the ball back to the new sock.
2018 to 2019
Three socks, two big steps apart.
2016 to 2017
Four socks, and stop the ball with the foot nearest the next sock.

Safety: Pick a wall away from windows and cars. Clear toys and plant pots first.

My best

Passes from a new sock in one minute. Last time and this time. Only ever compared with their own earlier go, never with anyone else's. Saved on this device only.