Five teams, five skipping corners, and a challenge to build a short group routine worth applauding. Skip Squad turns ordinary skipping rope practice into a small team performance.
What you need
One skipping rope per team, long enough for the whole team (tie two ropes together if needed). Open space with five marked-out corners. Teams of around six players, mixed by age and gender where possible.
How to play
Each team is given a corner of the space and a rope. The challenge is to build a short routine that includes three specific elements: four people skipping the same rope at the same time, a smooth entry and exit from the turning rope without stopping it, and the whole team holding hands while skipping together. Teams are given time to practise and can add a song to sing while performing. A panel of judges, ideally including older children and a few parents or volunteers, watches each team’s routine and scores it on how cleanly all three elements were performed.
Safety notes
Give each team enough space that ropes don’t overlap or tangle between corners, and make sure the ground is flat and free of anything that could catch a foot mid-skip.
Why it works
Breaking skipping down into a few specific, achievable challenges gives teams a clear target to work toward together, rather than just “skip well,” which tends to produce more genuine teamwork and problem-solving than an open-ended free skip would.
