Does anyone have any experience of using skipping and whether this really helps to develop foot movement? Is skipping used by advanced players and if not why not? Is it just too embarrassing and too hard to learn as a skill in itself? I don't want to waste time trying to learn to skip at my age if this is really not going to make a material difference?
Chinese national teams/provincial teams use skipping ropes too. They also do double skip in one jump etc.
If you don't know how to skip already, then jump was out a skipping rope. After a few jumps (under 1 mins), you should start feeling the strain. After a while of daily jumps, you will feel you can jump longer until you feel the strain.
There is also other drills that you can do to make your leg muscles stronger as seem in the videos above.
Most importantly is have a short run first, then stretch then do these excercises and dont get injured.
Here is some other videos from my FB page:
[video]https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=581840318533561&set=vb.443481379036123 &type=3&video_source=pages_video_set[/video]
[video]https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=201415553355008&set=vb.443481379036123 &type=3&video_source=pages_video_set[/video]