Physical: upper limb coordination, hand-eye coordination, reaction time

Cognitive: visual perception, sustained attention, selective attention

Social: Understanding of personal space

1 or more

• one tennis ball per child
• wall space for each child

1. child continually strikes the ball against the wall with their dominant hand, without the ball bouncing on the floor more than once between strikes

Yes

Change the equipment: use a larger ball to decrease physical and cognitive demand

Change the task: have the child practice from a shorter distance to decrease physical demand

Change the equipment: use a smaller ball to increase physical and cognitive demand

Change the task: have the child catch the ball without it bouncing on the ground to increase physical and cognitive demand

• the child will be able to strike the ball to the wall from a distance of 3m and allow it to bounce only once, 8 out of 10 times
• I can strike the ball against the wall