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Trick trade: show a partner a rope trick and they try it. Swap. Your pair learns five tricks together.
Rope Footwork Tricks
Learn new skipping-rope footwork: side-to-side, boxer step, one foot, high knees.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Warm up with basic two-foot skips for 30 seconds.
Core: Jump. Beat your own best.
- Ages
- 10 to 14
- Time
- 10 min
- Players
- Just you
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Skipping rope
- Level · skill
- Developing · Catching
The steps
How it works
- Warm up with basic two-foot skips for 30 seconds.
- Learn one new trick at a time.
- Do 20 clean skips of each trick.
- Rest between tricks.
Coaching point
Wrists turn the rope.
Safety: Land softly on grass or a mat, knees over toes, never caving in. Keep the number of jumps low. Stop if knees, shins or ankles hurt.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a trick: Less (step over the rope), Core (jump), More (a new trick). Beat your own best.
Story
You are a circus performer.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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