What should I do if my child can't jump rope?

Skipping rope is a very simple sport for most people and it is almost an indispensable pleasure that accompanies our childhood. Skipping rope can not only exercise children's coordination ability, but also increase their lung capacity, which is beneficial to children's growth. Skipping rope can greatly help children's growth and development. Therefore, parents are willing to teach their children to jump rope, but some children just can’t learn it no matter how hard they try. Let’s take a look at what to do if children can’t jump rope?

Master the essentials of jumping and landing cushioning to reduce the impact on the brain and body bones during jumping. Control the jumping height, reduce physical exertion during rope skipping, and ensure sustained jumping. Maintain balance when jumping and landing, do not stagger forward and backward or sway left and right.

There are many ways to practice jumping. Jumping line is a good way to practice keeping the body balanced while jumping. Parents can draw a straight line on the ground and let the children jump forward and backward along the line to control the front and back balance of the body, and then jump left and right along the line to maintain the left and right balance of the body. After the children can jump in a straight line skillfully, they can be asked to jump in a cross line. The parents shout commands and the children perform mixed jumps forward, backward, left and right to enhance the flexibility of jumping and maintain the body balance during continuous jumping.

Then lower the rubber band to 3 cm all at once, and let the children find a way to jump over the rubber band with the least effort. This way, the children will have to use their brains to control the height of the jump. There are many ways to practice, but during jumping exercises, parents should often explain the buffering methods and remind their children to use them from time to time.

Rope with bare hands. After children can jump with control, they also need to learn how to swing the rope. In this part, the first thing to do is to let the children learn how to hold the rope. When young children first hold the rope, they often get the direction of the rope in their palms wrong. The teacher can provide multiple demonstrations.

What should parents do if their children don’t know how to jump rope? Now, right? In fact, children are slow in learning to skip rope, so parents don’t need to be too anxious. Children are different and have different coordination levels. Some have good comprehension and learn quickly, while others are a little slower. As long as we teach them with the correct methods, train their physical fitness, and lay a solid foundation, they will quickly learn to jump rope.