The SkipFit System

The SkipFit® System 

 

 

Find out why The SkipFit® is the most popular Sport Education Program (SEP) for 2 years running!

The reason why many kids and adults cannot skip and even get injured while trying is because they have never been coached the correct way.
With The SkipFit® System not only will they be able to skip correctly, they will even be able to skip to the tempo of the music by the second lesson!

What is the Basic SkipFit® Routine?
SkipFit® phrases are pre-choreographed skipping skills to 4 x 8 musical beats. Four phrases-A, B, C and D, are linked together to form a SkipFit® routine. Students will perform this routine during the finale/compeition at the end of the program.

 

Why Learn The SkipFit® Routine?
Mastery of Phrase A, which consists only of rope turns works on your ABCs (Agility, Balance & Co-ordination), helps to eliminate many barriers such as having the wrong technique and timing.  You are more likely to experience success when you eventually jump into the rope during Phrase B.
 
In addition, learning to skip to the tempo of popular songs not only helps with one’s timing; it is also fun and engaging!

   

 

Why is the The SkipFit® System in line with the Programme for Active Learning (PAL) initiatives?

Programme for Active Learning (PAL) is an initiative by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to complement primary school's effort in developing character and useful lifeskills.

1. Develop Fundamental Skills

Proper coaching of rope-skipping does wonders to a child's ABCs (Agility, Balance & Co-ordination) and helps eliminate many barriers to skipping, such as having the wrong technique and timing. Well developed ABCs will have positive transfers to sports such as Track & Field, Badminton, Basketball, Squash Tennis, Table Tennis and Martial Arts.

2. Fun and Enjoyable

In this program, students pick up skipping according to progressive SkipFit® phrases, which are pre-choreographed skipping skills to 4 x 8 musical beats. Four phrases-A, B, C and D, are linked together to form a SkipFit® routine.

Learning to skip to the tempo of popular songs every lesson is fun and engaging!

3. Incorporates Social Emotional Learning and Encourages Creativity

Lessons are structured such that students get to perform the SkipFit® phrases starting from the first lesson.During the finale competition,participants will be able to skip, perform and impress their peers and teachers. The finale also serves as a form of evaluation for the students.

Performing in groups encourage students to develop confidence together with social and interpersonal skills.They also get to exercise their creativity when they improvise the Basic SkiFit Routine ie. change formations, starting and ending poses.

4. Integrated Curriculum ie. Music and Fitness Education

A step-target measured by the pedometer is given for every lesson. Students have to meet the target by the end of the lesson or make up for the missing steps by skipping. The use of pedometer is used not only to measure every child's activity level, it is also used as means to educate them on the importance of movement and increasing daily incidental activities.

Through this program, students get to learn the basics of musical phrases and choreography.

 

Check these out:

The Basic SkipFit® routine performed by our coaches here
And some videos of the finale competition from Gongshang Primary here
Radio 93.8 Interview on the SkipFit® System here.
The SkipFit® Team of coaches
 
During the SkipFit® sessions, youth leaders can be identified to be part of the SkipFit® Nation Program
 
Call us now @ 9385 8991 to find out more about the SkipFit® System!