Boxer skipping

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becca7 Oct 2017 11:40am, 20 Oct 2017 7,473 posts	0 becca7 There was a young chap skipping at my gym the other day and it was very impressive. It almost looked like he didn't have a rope at all as it was whizzing round and it looked very different from the blue nylon rope that I tried and failed to skip with a few years back. Clearly rope choice was where I was going wrong as well, mulbs.
D2 Oct 2017 12:58pm, 20 Oct 2017 10,105 posts	0 D2 We should probably all buy more kit before we even think of trying this and then start by finding some admiring friends. Or maybe there is a learn to box website with some skipping advice....... wanders off to look..........
Sharkie Oct 2017 12:59pm, 20 Oct 2017 12,099 posts	0 Sharkie There are loads of Youtube things, some quite useful....
Sharkie Oct 2017 1:00pm, 20 Oct 2017 12,100 posts	0 Sharkie I don't think proper skipping is difficult at all - just doing it for more than about a minute! (My coach sometimes insists....)
mulbs Oct 2017 2:29pm, 20 Oct 2017 13,263 posts	0 mulbs Honestly Sharkie, I blame years of playground skipping for my ingrained inability to "bring the arms" into boxer skipping. I can do the feet and keep the rhythm with the rope swinging one handed but as soon as I start two handed and therefore having to jump the rope I'm back to "Ladybird, Ladybird, turn around, Ladybird, Ladybirdtouch the ground. Ladybird, Ladybirdshine your shoes, Ladybird, Ladybirdread the news. Ladybird, Ladybird, how old are you? One, two, three, four . . . . ."
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Oct 2017 2:49pm, 20 Oct 2017 37,854 posts	0 Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Maybe play music while you skip to drown out the playground chanting in your head? We skip quite a lot in Rebound classes, only we use pretend ropes because otherwise we’d fall off the trampolines If you use a pretend rope that’s definitely easier!