Jump Rope Summer Camp 2023
JOIN ROPEWORKS THIS SUMMER FOR OUR FUN-FILLED
JUMP ROPE CAMPS 2023
Each of our specialized camps are directed and taught by Rene Bibaud – Ropeworks owner and creator, using her highly acclaimed approach to skill development and growth mindset providing participants a personal, high quality experience focused on the whole child.
Learn to jump rope with world champion Rene Bibaud and her Ropeworks team. Camps are designed for kids aged 7 -14 who learn how to jump rope as well as single rope jumprope tricks, partner routines, long rope and double dutch jumping. Participants are challenged at their own skill level.
Athletes learn to build skills in a success-oriented environment and we play skill building games to maintain student engagement and enthusiasm. Build coordination, timing, foot speed and endurance while having a blast creating a performance for friends and family.
Kids will rave about this camp for years to come!
SUMMER 2023 CAMP LOCATIONS
To Register, Contact the Camp Host Directly using the links provided
WEEK OF:
- July 10 Meridian School 9am to noon $240 (Wallingford) Registration ends June 1, 2023 REGISTER
- July 24 Redmond Parks at Redmond Schoolhouse 9am to noon REGISTER
- July 31 West Seattle YMCA 9am to noon REGISTER (registration begins in Mar. 2023)
- August 7 Evergreen School 9am to noon (Shoreline) REGISTER
- August 7 Mountlake Terrace CC 1pm -4pm REGISTER
- August 21 -25 VFW – West Seattle Kids & Rain City Training Camp $425 – 9am – 3pm (9 to noon on Friday) REGISTER
- August 28-30 9am to noon team training camp. New and existing team members. REGISTER
Rain City Ropeworks Training
Develop new skills in preparation for the team season. Team members and pre-team members plus general public will participate in a deep dive into jump rope choreography, dance and acrobatics with a special focus on creating new skills and routines with choreography at the center of our work.
WHY JUMP ROPE?
Jumping rope is an incredible lifetime fitness activity. Athletes use rope jumping for agility, timing, coordination, foot-speed and endurance. Learning the skill early in life helps develop the skills for a lifetime of rope jumping for fun and fitness.
Jumping rope is an excellent exercise for cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance and coordination. Now researchers are learning that physical activity like jumping rope also prepares the brain for optimal learning too. So, it’s great for the mind, the body and the soul!
Current brain research supports the need for movement in the learning process. Here are just a few ways that jumping rope may help prepare the brain for learning.
- Raising heart rate gets more blood to the brain, feeding it needed nutrients and oxygen for heightened alertness and mental focus.
- Aerobic exercise grows new brain cells in rodents, and promising research suggests that may also apply to humans. In short, jumping rope is an exercise that allows both brain hemispheres to perform parallel.
- The vestibular system that creates spatial awareness and mental alertness is strengthened through activities such as jumping rope. Balance and jumping activities provide the student with a framework for reading and other academic skills.
- Rhythmic aspects of jumping rope can develop the internal dialogue needed to establish basic reading skills. Beat awareness and beat competency simulate the basic rhythm patterns of our language that need to be established for better language acquisition.
- Physical activity reduces stress. Cardiovascular exercise places the brain into homeostasis and contributes to balancing the body’s chemistry, electrical and organ systems. Exercise can have similar benefits as some anti-depressant medications. Jumping rope can be a lifelong activity requiring little equipment, time and space.