The YMCA Super Skippers are the YMCA of the Triangle’s competition youth jump rope team. The team is dedicated to promoting physical fitness through jump rope as a lifetime sport and by fostering confidence, discipline, responsibility and leadership.
The team trains three days a week on improving speed, endurance, strength and freestyle skills. During competition season, the team trains five days a week. They compete in regional, national and international competitions throughout the year.
Super Skippers team members also host clinics and summer camps at the Northwest Cary and Finley YMCAs.
The YMCA Super Skippers have won dozens of national medals in the USA Jump Rope and AAU Nationals. They have also won consecutive USA Jump Rope National Championships from 2012 - 2019.
SUMMER DAY CAMP
The Super Skippers host Jump Rope Camp at select YMCA branches during the summer. Look for dates soon for Summer 2024 soon.
DEVELOPMENTAL CLASSES
In our developmental classes, athletes between the ages of 6 and 12 learn new skills in the single rope and double dutch areas of the sport of jump rope. This class is great for beginners with no experience, or newer athletes who want to further their knowledge of the sport, without competing. Developmental classes are once a week and operate in 5-week sessions. Tryouts are not required for our developmental classes.
This fall we are offering the developmental class at both 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Please choose the class time that works best for your family. The class content is identical.
Date & Time: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., September 26 - October 24, 2023
Location: Northwest Cary YMCA
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Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., September 26 - October 24, 2023
Location: Northwest Cary YMCA
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Registration coming soon for our next sessions.
Date & Time: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., November 7 - December 12, 2023 (No class Nov. 21, 5 sessions)
Location: Northwest Cary YMCA
Date & Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., November 7 - December 12, 2023 (No class Nov. 21, 5 sessions)
Location: Northwest Cary YMCA
DEVELOPMENTAL TEAM
The Developmental Team is available only for YMCA Members after attending tryouts held in August of every year. This team will compete in a local competition while working through the year on new skills and developing routines. The Developmental Team practices once a week. Their season starts in September and ends earlier than the Elite Team.
ELITE TEAM
The Elite Team is available only for YMCA Members after attending tryouts held in August of every year. This team will compete throughout the year while working on new skills and developing routines. The Elite Team practices three to four times a week. Their season runs from September - July.
TRYOUT SKILLS
Everyone will be asked to perform a Double Dutch Routine, Single Rope Skills, Speed and Double Unders. Jumpers trying out for the Elite Team should be able to complete almost everything that is asked of them, while jumpers trying out for the Developmental Team can still potentially make the team without being able to do everything.
You do not have to be a YMCA member to try out for the team; you may wait to purchase a membership after you are invited to join the team.
Single Rope Skills for Tryouts
EB, 360, Toad, Crougar Cross, Double Under, Basic Rope Wrap, Side-Swing Cross
SINGLE ROPE SKILLS
- Single Jump Rope to Music
- Cross
- Side Swing Cross
- Footwork: Heel toe & heel cross
- Footwork: straddle, cross, straddle, together
- Basic Rope Wrap: side swing, wrap arm once, side swing other side, unwrap
- EB
- Double Under
- WW Kicks
- Crougar, Side Swing, Cross
- Crougar Cross
- 360
- Texas Style 360
- Elephant Toad
- AS: behind the knees cross
- TS with catch & TS: behind the back cross
- Snake Release
- Cotton Eye'd Joe
- CL
- Caboose
- Push Up
- Frog
- MIC Release
- Lasso
- Handle Release and Catch
- TJ
- Quad
CONTACT
For more information, contact Meredith Miles.