Smart PE
Ropes
JUMPING ROPE
The goal of this game:
Skip the rope continuously, as many times as possible, you should never touch the rope with your feet or it will be lost.
Group size:
It depends on the game variation, minimum 1 player, maximum 12 players.
Rules:
- Do not step on the rope or touch it with your feet or legs while jumping.
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Jumping continuously as many times as possible.
- It depends on the variation.
Benefits:
- Improves coordination.
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Decreases foot and ankle injuries.
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Burns major calories.
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Improves bone density.
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Improves cardiovascular health.
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Improves breathing efficiency.
Variations:
- Single-Rope basic skills.
- Doble hops.
- Jumping jacks.
- Cross jumps: land with feet crossed like an X, then apart, then crossed again
- Scissor jumps: land with one foot forward and the ther forward, then on the next jump switch feet.
- Butt kicks (heels to the butt)
- High knees.
- Left left right right.
- Side to side.
- Criss cross.
- etc.
- Jump Rope Rhymes.You need a small group of kids and a big rope. You can sing different traditional spanish songs such as El Cocherito Lere, La reina de los mares,... or english songs like Teddy Bear
- Jump rope in pairs or in groups.
Cloze activity
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