Teaching Hints:
1. The rope should be long enough so that the ends reach to the armpits or slightly higher when the child stands on its center.
2. Key points to emphasize:
- Keep the arms down and at the sides of the body while turning.
- Turn the rope by making small circles with the wrists.
- Jump on the balls of the feet.
- Make a small jump over the rope.
- Bend the knees slightly to absorb the force of the jump.
3. Most steps can be done with a slow time or fast time rhythm. In slow time, the child jumps over the rope and does a second jump as the rope passes overhead. The rope rotates slowly, passing underfoot on every other jump. In fast time, the student does a jump only when the rope is passing underfoot.