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GROUP JUMP ROPE (LUKSONG LUBID)

A. Discuss fundamental jump rope techniques;

B. Understand the importance of proper footwear, technique, and body
alignment;
C. Appreciation for the benefits of regular exercise and its positive impact.

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History of Jump rope

Explorers reported seeing aborigines jumping with vines in the 16th century. European boys
started skipping in the early 17th century. The activity was considered indecent for girls due to
concerns of them showing their ankles. Girls began skipping in the 18th century, adding skipping
chants, owning the rope, controlling the game, and deciding who may participate.
In the United States, domination of the activity by girls emerged as their families moved into cities in
the late 19th century. There, they found sidewalks and other smooth surfaces conducive to skipping,
along with a high density of peers with whom to engage in the sport.

What is Jump rope?

A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in the sport
of skipping/jump rope where one or more participants jump
over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over
their heads.

THREE PHASES OF ROPE JUMPING

Rope jumping involves three phases in each jump load phase, flight phase, and landing phase
and you will perform each of these phase’s hundreds of times during each jumping session. The load
phase requires you to balance your body on the balls of your feet with your knees slightly flexed. The
flight phase consists of muscular contractions that propel your body high enough to clear the rope
with each jump. In the landing phase, you return to the surface by allowing your body weight to
balance on the balls of your feet with your knees flexed to help absorb the impact of the landing.

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LOAD PHASE
Your body weight should be balanced on the balls of your feet, and your knees should be
slightly bent in an upright version of the universal athletic position. This position prepares your body
for the multi joint demands of rope jumping.
FLIGHT PHASE
The flight phase consists of two stages: the propulsion stage and the airborne stage.
Understanding what happens from the moment your feet push off the surface to the point when you
are in the air is critical to maximizing your training benefits and reducing your risk of injury. You
generate propulsion by means of a slight push from your ankles, calves, knees, and hips. Push
through the jump rope surface from the balls of your feet and point your toes toward the surface as
you become airborne.
LANDING PHASE
Your shock absorbing joints diffuse the impact of each landing you make during your jumping
session. It is the frequency of jumping that poses your greatest threat of injury in jump rope training. If
you use proper technique and jump on a surface that both absorbs impact and offers rebound
properties, you reduce your risk of injury and enable yourself to derive the greatest training benefits
from your rope-jumping program.

Introduction of Group Jump rope

Jump rope is one of the easiest ways to play

alongside kids at recess or during break time. Grown-
ups can introduce games that help kids develop basic
jumping skills or use jump ropes in creative ways.

Before You Start:

● Review the concept of personal safe space when turning a jump rope.
● Explain the concept of taking turns in a jumping order and in the different roles.
● Demonstrate the skills needed and use players to help you.
● Ask players to explain the concepts and the game back to you.

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How to Play:

⮚ Divide everyone into groups of five to ten, depending on the number of

available ropes and skill level.
⮚ Younger players may need smaller groups, older jumpers are
challenged by larger groups.
⮚ Each group gets one rope.
⮚ The leader assigns two turners in each group and the rest form a line.
⮚ The two turners begin by turning the rope.
⮚ One-by-one the players enter and exit the rope.
⮚ In the first round, the jumpers try to run under the rope without jumping
or touching the rope.
⮚ After each jumper's attempt or completion, s/he returns to the back of
the line.
⮚ Once the jumpers have completed running through, s/he enters, jumps
once and exits on their turn on the jumper's second turn.
⮚ After the jumpers have jumped once and exited, they go through and
jump twice, then three times, etc. on each turn.
⮚ If a jumper misses on their turn, s/he goes back in line and continues
to try the same number of jumps, until s/he successfully jumps and
exits.
⮚ Be sure to rotate those who are turning the rope.

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jumping#:~:text=Rope%20jumping%20involves%20three%20phases,with%20your%20kne
es%20slightly%20flexed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipping_rope