What are the benefits of skipping rope for young children?

Children always love to jump and dance, especially now many children like skipping rope very much, and schools also organize some skipping rope competitions. Some parents may have some doubts about their children skipping rope, and they don’t know whether it is good for their children. Skipping rope can exercise children’s bodies very well. Not only that, there are many other benefits. Let’s take a detailed look at the benefits of skipping rope for young children.

◎The more you beat, the better your heart and lung function.

Jumping rope can speed up blood circulation throughout the body, improve cardiopulmonary function and respiratory system function; it speeds up gastrointestinal motility and metabolism; the muscles of major parts of the body are also exercised and bones grow rapidly. My physical strength is getting better, my body is getting better, and my mood is better.

◎Left and right brain "progress together"

Skipping rope requires regular and rhythmic coordination of the limbs, hands, feet, wrists, and shoulders. It can promote the "common progress" of the baby's left and right brains, and cultivate the baby's body sense of balance, coordination, agility, sense of rhythm, endurance, and explosive power. At the same time, holding the rope in your hands, the rope stimulates the acupoints on your thumbs; the soles of your feet constantly "collide" with the ground, stimulating the pituitary gland through the reflex zones of the feet, enhancing the vitality of brain cells, and "sublimating" your thinking reaction ability and imagination.

◎Understand the concept of “number”

Teach your baby to count while skipping rope, establish a correspondence between the counted "number" and the number of times the rope is skipped, connect abstract numbers with real things, and transform abstract memory into visual memory. It can help children initially understand the actual meaning of "numbers", form the concept of "numbers", and improve their memory.

◎Burn excess fat

If your baby is overweight, skipping rope can help him burn off excess fat easily. Because, in terms of exercise volume, 120 to 140 times per minute can burn 600 to 1,000 calories in an hour. If you persist every day, you will see the results soon. Moreover, skipping rope does not require a large space and is easy to operate.

What are the benefits of skipping rope for young children? Through the introduction above, parents and friends, have you understood that you can encourage your children to do more rope skipping exercises. This sport is very beneficial to children's bodies. It not only exercises the coordination of limbs, but also improves children's memory. It really kills two birds with one stone.