Silver Award

Ropes required:

• 1 rope per skipper, sized to their height: KS2 2.5 m up to about 5'1" (1.55 m), adult 2.8 m above that

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The ten Silver Award skills

1. Rodeo›4 completions of the move, no misses
2. Cyclone›4 completions of the move, no misses
3. Coil›2 completions of the move, no misses
4. Crossover›6 completions of the move, no misses
5. Side swing cross›4 completions of the move, no misses
6. Continuous cross›20 completions of the move, no misses
7. Cross cross›4 completions of the move, no misses
8. Double unders›5 completions of the move
9. Can can›5 completions of the move on one leg, 5 on the other
10. Frog can can›5 completions of the move on one leg, 5 on the other

Safety comes first. If a skipper misses a Safety and Poise point, that attempt doesn't count and they try it again.

How to assess the Silver Award

1. Teach and practise the ten skills in PE, at a skipping club or at playtime.
2. Tick each skill on the tick sheet as the pupil shows it. Skills can be ticked over as many sessions as needed: once a skill is ticked, it stays ticked.
3. Finish with the link: any 7 of the 10 skills linked in one routine, without a miss or error.
4. Award the certificate, then show the pupil their next challenge.

Open the Silver Award assessment page →
The stages, the stipulations for every skip, a tracker for your skippers, evaluation, and certificates for every skipper who passes.

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Next: the Gold Award.