
Each player has a racket and ball start of the game children walking around area balancing ball on racket,progress onto bouncing the ball up and down on the racket "upys" encoragethe children to count the upys. Downs children bounce ball in downwards motion
Balancing head up keep control of ball Upys gently get the ball to bounce up and down on racket Downs racket over ball
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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