Skipping: Sideways
Category: Aerobic
Level: 2
1-2 laps
Carla van den Berg
- Short, lateral hops to move body sideways
- Trunk upright
- Arms move forward with opposing leg; movement is initiated from the shoulder
- Elbows flexed at 90-degrees
- Knees and ankles at 90-degrees, “Knees up, toes up”
- Knee stacked over ankle on landing
- Hips, knees and toes facing forward
- Absorb landing from ball of the foot to the heel with each step
- Forward lean
- Cue “Proud chest”
- Lazy arms
- Cue "Swing from the shoulder"
- Cue "Drive elbows back"
- Arm and knee from same side moving forward together
- Cue "Opposite arm and knee"
- Lag knee crossing into direction of movement
- Cue “Hips face forward”
- Low knee drive height from lag leg
- Cue “Drive knee up to shatter ceiling”
- Staying up on the toes during landings
- Cue “Land softly and quietly”
- Increases heart and breathing rates
- Movement in frontal plane (sideways)
- Develops arm & leg coordination
- Practices soft, safe landing
- Knee drive and posture helps develop sprinting mechanics