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Backwards skipping single bounce

The single bounce with the rope turning backwards: one turn of the rope for every bounce.

Individual skill
Bronze Award
Speed skipping ropes

How it works

The single bounce with the rope turning backwards: one turn of the rope for every bounce.

skip-hop tipGet comfortable with the backwards double bounce first, then take out the little in-between bounce.

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Teach the backwards single bounce with the All-Access Skip Pass

Everything a teacher needs to teach this skill to a whole class, from skip-hop coach Lee Collinson-James:

  • Step-by-step teaching, from the ready position to “one bounce, one turn”
  • When to switch from the arms to the wrists
  • Spot the fault, with the fix
  • A pupil self-check and a link to the Bronze Award
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Where it fits

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skip-hop Skipping Awards

Backwards skipping single bounce: Bronze Award

Bronze Award

Bronze Award

This skill is a preliminary skip for the Bronze Award.

The skills on this award:

  • First: the Safety and Poise checks and the preliminary skips
  • Bell
  • Slalom
  • Twister
  • Side straddle
  • Front straddle (scissors)
  • Combined straddle
  • Ex
  • Wounded duck
  • Side swing
  • 180 degree turn
  • Then the link: any 8 of the 10 skills linked in one routine, without a miss or error.

In the scheme of work

This skill isn't in the scheme of work lessons yet. It's a great one for skipping clubs and playtimes.

What you need

Speed skipping ropes, bag of 10

KS1 2.1m, KS2 2.5m or KS3 2.8m. skip-hop ropes are designed specifically for the skills shown on this site.

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SEND and inclusion

Make it work for everyone

Ideas for pupils with SEND, and for anyone who finds backwards skipping single bounce hard. Change one thing at a time.

What usually makes it hard: Speed, with no sight of the rope.

  • TaskOnly once the backwards double bounce is comfortable.
  • CommunicationA partner counts each turn out loud.
  • EquipmentA beaded rope gives a sound to time the jump.

Seated or no-jump version. Turn the rope backwards at the side, one turn per beat.

An adapted pass is still a pass on the Skipping Awards. Use your own judgement and each pupil’s care plan. More in SEND and inclusion at skip-hop. Pupil struggling to get started? Try Lee’s tips for pupils who are struggling to skip.