Long Rope Games
Over the centuries, hundreds of skipping games and rhymes have been made up, handed down, passed around, modified and updated by children. They are fantastic fun and are surprisingly challenging. There as many regional variations of rhymes and games as there are skipping games themselves. The number of participants varies from game to game but […]
The 5 Essential Skipping skills for everyone – START HERE!
We believe that everyone should start their journey by mastering the basic skills as they are the backbone of all styles of skipping
Beginner Individual Skipping Skills
Here, you will find fun and relatively easy skipping skills for beginners. We believe that everyone should learn the following skipping skills before they attempt any of the more challenging skips. Skill #1 Side Straddle (Jumping Jax) One turn of the rope with the feet together, the next with the feet apart, and so on. […]
Intermediate Individual Skipping Skills
We recommend that you master the Basics and Beginners Skipping Skills (#1 to #6) before attempting these Intermediate skipping skills. Skill #7 Diamonds/Zeds/Squares ….and many more shapes. For these skipping skills, the skipper combines the Bell and Slalom to create different shapes on the floor. e.g forwards, back and right at the same time (i.e […]
Beginner Partner Skipping Skills
Partner Skipping is an extremely effective way for children to develop coordination, cooperation and team building skills. Skill #1 Mirror Skipping This partner skipping skill is perfect for novice skippers to begin with.Stage 1Skippers face each other and the rope is shared, one holding a handle in the left hand and the other holding a […]
Advanced Partner Skipping Skills
The following are perfect for experienced skippers to try. As with all partner skipping skills, they need great timing, positioning and a mutual trust between skippers and bouncers. Skill #10Chain Skipping and Crossover This skill is the same as normal chain skipping but the skippers cross and uncross their arms at the same time as […]
Advanced Individual Skipping Skills
These skipping skills will really test your hand-eye coordination, timing, and stamina, and, as they can take a while to perfect…. your patience! Skill #19 Cyclone This skipping skill may be known by different names but was given this name by school children at a school in Sheffield and it stuck. The whole skipping rope […]
‘Out Goes You’ Skipping Rhymes
Skipping Rhyme #1 Acka wacka soda crackaAcka wacka boo.If your father chews tabacca,Out goes you. Another version of this rhyme is:My mama and your mama live across the way.Every night they have a fight and this is what they say:Acka backa soda cracker Acka backa boo.Acka backa soda cracker acka backa boo Skipping Rhyme #2 […]
The History of Skipping
While investigating the history of skipping I have come across a lot of information on the internet that is difficult to verify so this article should be taken as an account of how skipping may have developed over the centuries. The Origins of Skipping I’ve been teaching skipping (or jump rope if you’re from the USA) around the world […]
Intermediate Partner Skipping Skills
Once you have mastered the Beginners Partner Skipping Skills, challenge yourself to attempt these Intermediate skills. Skill #5 Facing Turn and Clap The bouncer (the person without the rope) faces the skipper for two turns of the rope and perfoms a Double Bounce. On the second turn of the rope, the bouncer claps twice in […]