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About the skill
Skipping is a rhythmical locomotor skill that is basic to many children’s games. It is also fundamental to good footwork in numerous sports, such as basketball, netball and touch, and many forms of dance.
Skill components
Skill components
There are 5 components of the skip. The components of the skip can be classified as either:
Introductory components
These are the focus from Kindergarten to Year 2.
These are marked in bold in Active start.
Fine tuning components
Only become a focus once students are proficient in the introductory components.
Students should be provided explicit instruction on these componenets once introductory components have been observed in the Active start assessment.
Skip activity cards with skill component teaching points.
Shows a rhythmical step-hop.
Lands on ball of the foot.
Knee of support leg bends to prepare for hop.
Head and trunk are stable, eyes are focused forward.
Arms are relaxed and swing in opposition to legs.
Get Skilled Get Active - Skip
Get Skilled Get Active - Skip
View 'The Get Skilled Get Active - 'Skip video' to support the explicit teaching of skipping.
Units of learning
Units of learning
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