My ears are still ringing!  We had an incredible performance on Friday.  Tri-Force Jump Rope Team from Morrisville/Cary came to visit Hunter and put on a jaw-dropping show.  As any of the kids can attest, these jumpers were absolutely amazing.

Led by Coach Tyler Perez, 19 jumpers from ages 8 to 18 showed off some of their single rope, long rope, and Double Dutch Skills.  Coach Tyler even showed off some of his World Class Skills.  As the students found out, Coach Tyler is also a bit of celebrity. He performed in the Disney movie “Jump IN!”  You can check him out around minute 12. 

The K-2 show had the students rocking and rolling as the jumpers enjoyed all the oohs and aahs.  However, the show really kicked into gear with the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders.  I think the older students really understood how difficult the skills were that the jumpers were performing.  As the show went on the students could barely stay seated.  All the while, they just kept getting louder and louder and LOUDER.  When Coach Tyler broke out into some of his crazy single rope skills like triple and quadruple unders, our students went nuts. It was so loud, I kept checking the windows to see if they were going to break. 

In the end, the kids had a blast, the jumpers loved the rowdy crowd, and hopefully everyone was inspired to get jumping.  Tyler’s message was simple:  Jumping is easy, cheap, and keeps you in great shape.  Grab a Rope!!!!

We are happy to be working with Coach Tyler and his team in our Jump Rope electives.  Coach Bailey and I went through an intensive training session last week to help us learn better ways to teach.  We are also taking our students on a field trip to Tri-Force’s gym in February to let the kids get some serious teaching and training in.

In every student’s Monday folder was a flyer for a free session at Tri-Force.  In addition, each student went home with a flyer about a Jump Rope Day Camp at Tri-Force on the workday on Monday.

Last, but not least, electives start on Tuesday!!!  Next up is Jump IN!! and our Healthy Heart Fair on March 17th.  More info to come!

Keep Moving!

Coach Chad