Also called Half turn
How it works
Skip forwards, side swing and turn round at the same time, following the rope as it brushes the floor. The rope is now going backwards. To turn back, start a backwards skip and turn round when the rope is above your head.
skip-hop tipOn the way back, watch the middle of the rope as it comes out from under your feet.
Teach the 180 degree turn 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:
- The skip-hop video of this skill, with feet and arms close-ups and ½× and ¼× slow motion
- Step-by-step teaching: forwards to backwards and back again
- Spot the fault, with the fix
- A pupil self-check and a link to the Bronze Award
£149 a year for the whole school, or 6 months free with the whole-school rope set.
Where it fits
180 degree turn: Bronze Award
Bronze Award
One of the ten Bronze Award skills.
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
Where this skill is taught in the skip-hop scheme of work.
- UKS2Lesson 2: Turns and tapsTricks, Teams and Double Dutch · Years 5 and 6
What you need
KS1 2.1m, KS2 2.5m or KS3 2.8m. skip-hop ropes are designed specifically for the skills shown on this site.
SEND and inclusion
Make it work for everyone
Ideas for pupils with SEND, and for anyone who finds 180 degree turn hard. Change one thing at a time.
What usually makes it hard: Knowing where you are while turning with the rope.
- SpaceA floor arrow to show which way to face at the end.
- TaskSide swing, half turn, open out, slowly.
- PeopleCheck the pupil’s care plan for dizziness or balance needs.
Seated or no-jump version. A half turn of the wheelchair with a side swing, with space and a spotter.
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.