Skipping rope

I recently tried out a muay thai class, and besides getting dead tired after about 15 minutes, the most embarrassing part was not knowing how to skip rope properly. I was all over the place, not able to do more than 3-4 skips in a row.

Do you guys have any tips or know where I can watch some instructional videos?

I am pathetic, I know...:doh:

 

probably not what you wanna hear but.. .Keep at it

I remember one of the first times I tried and was not that good at it..

now I can skip with the best of them

 

Grease the groove, dude. Do it for 1 minute everyday for a week. Then make it 2 minutes a day for the next week. And so on, and so on.

You can vary the amount of time you increase it by, but at the end you will skip a lot better and for much longer.

 

only tip i can give is when your skipping with alternating feet be sure to lift your knees forward and up and dont bring your feet backward at all. For the longest time i couldn't alternate step skip and was hopping up and down like a fucking pre school school girl before i could work out why. other than that just practice, you'll pick it up quickly

 

Yeah, that's what I'm doing too. :doh:


Thanks guys. :bears:

 

It's normal, everyone starts out like that. Should be some people in your class who can't either :dunno:

 

there's only like 5 or 6 people.

 

:eeeek:

Is this in someone's backyard or something?

 

keep skipping.. you get good over time.

 

This video will be very helpful to you!