This document provides instructions for a basic bouncing ball animation exercise. It describes the key principles of animation that students will learn by completing this exercise, including: depicting the ball's movement in an arc rather than a straight line; adjusting the timing and spacing of frames to show acceleration and deceleration; using squash and stretch to show the ball compressing and expanding during its bounce; and maintaining a consistent volume while the ball deforms. Students are guided to draw key frames at specific points in the bounce and fill in intermediate frames to smooth the animation.