How it works
Run into a turning long rope, jump once and run out the other side.
skip-hop tipFollow the rope in, just after it passes your nose on its way down.
Step by step
- Set up
- The right direction
- Count them in
- Run in and jump
- Skip inside
- Run out
Lee’s teaching notes for each step, the video and the printable coaching card come with the All-Access Skip Pass.
Teach running into a turning long rope 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:
- Setting up: where the skipper stands and which way the rope turns
- The count-in: “ready, in you go, now”
- Running out: “ready, out you go, now”
- Spot the fault, with the fix
- A pupil self-check and links to the Green Award and Figure of Eight
£149 a year for the whole school, or 6 months free with the whole-school rope set.
Where it fits
Running into a turning long rope and jumping: Green Award
Green Award: Rhythm
Part of the Green Award test.
To pass, a pupil:
- Skips 20 single bounces in a row
- Skips 10 running steps and hops 5 on each foot
- Skips 5 backwards in a row
- Skips 5 side straddles
- Runs into a long rope, jumps once and runs out (see the Figure of Eight long rope game)
Also a related skill for the Blue Award.
In the scheme of work
Where this skill is taught in the skip-hop scheme of work.
- KS1Lesson 5: Into the long ropeSkipping Foundations · Years 1 and 2
- KS1Lesson 6: Award day: Orange and GreenSkipping Foundations · Years 1 and 2
- LKS2Lesson 1: Skill checkSkills and Tricks · Years 3 and 4
- LKS2Lesson 5: Figure of EightSkills and Tricks · Years 3 and 4
- UKS2Lesson 5: Double DutchTricks, Teams and Double Dutch · Years 5 and 6
What you need
For four or more skippers at once. 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 running into a turning long rope and jumping hard. Change one thing at a time.
What usually makes it hard: The “when do I go?” moment.
- CommunicationThe turner taps the pupil’s shoulder to go.
- SpaceA floor arrow for the way in.
- PeopleAn adult runs in with them.
Seated or no-jump version. Wheel in under the rope and out the other side, Under the Moon style.
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.