Pack for sports
Excitement before a match starts long before kick-off, and in that state the shin pads are the easiest thing to miss. The visual schedule below lets the bag be packed by the eyes instead of a racing head.
♀The sports bag is packed
A girl with braids holds open a blue sports bag packed with a football, a jersey and a shoe.
About this visual support
Nerves and packing are a poor combination. In the hour before a match the body is already on the pitch, the mind is on the line-up and the opposition, and that is exactly when someone has to remember shin pads, match socks, a water bottle and clean clothes for afterwards. The more the match matters, the worse the memory works.
This is where a row of pictures earns its place. It asks for no planning in the moment, only eyes following a fixed order from top to bottom. The child does not have to know what comes next, and you do not have to be the one reciting the list while everyone is in a hurry.
One thing that usually helps: pack the night before rather than on match day. The tension is lower, there is time, and the morning holds a single check, that the bag is by the door. Boots deserve their own picture at the end, since they usually live somewhere other than the rest of the kit. The bag can also be set up as a picture routine in Routined that returns on match days, and the app can be tried for fourteen days at no cost.
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