Skill:  Advanced

 Equipment Required:

Basic Long Skipping Rope – Two per two persons

Activity Description:

• Face each other holding one handle of each rope in either hand.
• Keep elbows in at waist level, close to the body.
• Turn the lower arm in small circles, keeping the wrist firm.
• The rope should form a good arc overhead and then clip the floor.
• Turn ropes alternately towards one another with the smooth, steady, ‘one-two’ beat.

 Progression

• Easy: Practice with just one of the turners turning the rope to start with.
• Hard: Turners can go down on one knee and back to standing.
• Challenge: Can you bring your arm closer to the body to make a circle smaller and speed up the rope? Can you move your arm away from the body to make circles larger and slow down the rope?