If you think skipping is for little girls, consider this. Boxers use it to stay in shape before a big fight.
In fact, skipping is really hard work, and it takes a lot of practice before you can do it properly. But the students of Jumping Kids Family at TWGHs Leo Tung-Hai Lee Primary School have not been deterred. They scooped four major awards in the Jump Rope For Heart Inter-School Rope Skipping Competition.
'I have grown taller after doing rope skipping,' said 11-year-old Jane Tang Wing-suet, who credits the strenuous activity for a big jump in her height since she started practising regularly.
'Previously when I went jogging, I was gasping for air before long,' added 12-year-old Yuki Wong Ka-wai, another member of the Jumping Kids Family. 'Now I find myself running out of breath less often.'
Rope skipping has many advantages. It helps to enhance your cardio-respiratory endurance levels, blood circulation and muscle strength. Moreover, the techniques are not difficult to master, provided you practise regularly.
It doesn't get boring either because you can increase the speed or learn impressive new tricks depending on your fitness.
'I suggest to the children that they create their own tricks rather than just do what I tell them. This not only helps train their limbs but also their minds,' said Cherry To Chi-yin, 24, rope-skipping instructor at Jumping Kids Family.
