Our Skipping Cup competition can help children with their skipping on so many different levels.

What children learn through skipping is not just about the physical act of skipping. Our Skipping Cup has been designed as a self-referencing competition, to encourage progression as well as consistency; the challenge is to fill as many scores in, as regularly as possible, NOT to fill as few as quickly as possible.

Ultimately, we're looking to improve stamina and fitness levels as a foundation for future fitness.

Keeping the 'Progress Trackers' somewhere easy for children to access also gives them the opportunity to take responsibility for their own improvement, to practise as often as they like or can. Ownership is, after all, a first big step on the path for self-improvement and an invaluable life lesson for children.

And, as such, we want to motivate children to maintain a that proactivity and consistency - a definite step in the right direction of boosting self-confidence in children who usually shy away from physical activities.

Teachers can also use our Progress Trackers and Assessment Sheets to monitor performance and allocate certificates based on generic improvements. If schools wish to, they could always crown a weekly ‘Top Hopper’. Or encourage your Young Leaders to decide who the ‘Top Hopper’ is; remind them that it’s not always the best scores that can be rewarded but dedication and application also count!

To repeat: you really don’t have to be the best footballer or the best catcher in the school, all it takes is time on the rope to achieve scores. In fact, you'll probably find that, given the opportunity, the younger children may even outdo the older ones!

The progression is also good for OFSTED inspections – inspections often like seeing progress monitoring in Physical Education activities.

 

The Skipping Cup

The highest score in each category will receive a Certificate of Achievement and an individual skipping rope. In addition to this, the winning Double Dutch score will receive a pair of Double Dutch ropes and the highest ‘Keep the Pot Boiling’ score will receive a playground set, consisting of:

* 1 x Adult rope
* 1 x pair of Double Dutch ropes
* 1 x Long rope

The school with the highest number of individual entries will be awarded the Skipping4Schools Cup at the end of the Academic Year for the duration of the following Academic Year, and a regular class set of skipping ropes, consisting of;

• 30 x KS2 ropes
• 1 x Adult rope
• 1 x pair of Double Dutch ropes
• 1 x Long rope