How it works
One turn of the rope to two steps. The same rhythm as the double bounce, but one step goes over the rope and the next happens while the rope is above your head.
Teach running on the spot 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 ½× and ¼× slow motion
- Step-by-step teaching: two steps to every turn of the rope
- How it differs from running on the spot single bounce
- A pupil self-check and links to the Green and Bronze Awards
£149 a year for the whole school, or 6 months free with the whole-school rope set.
Where it fits
Running on the spot double bounce: Green Award and Bronze 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)
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
Where this skill is taught in the skip-hop scheme of work.
- KS1Lesson 3: Run and hopSkipping Foundations · Years 1 and 2
- KS1Lesson 4: Backwards and straddlesSkipping 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
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 running on the spot double bounce hard. Change one thing at a time.
What usually makes it hard: Swapping feet in rhythm.
- TaskPractise without a rope first, to music: “left, bounce, right, bounce”.
- SpaceTwo footprints on the floor show where each foot goes.
- CommunicationCount the steps out loud together.
Seated or no-jump version. Alternate foot taps, or hand taps on the knees, to the rhythm of a rope turned at the side.
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.