The fundamental movement with the rope must surely be skipping.
Many other manipulations are also possible and gymnasts tend at times to get carries away with the various intricate skills of one end releases, lassoes, wraps, checks, swings, throws etc.
However, since there are strict stipulations about the inclusion of skipping in the exercise, It is vital to ensure that sufficient is included, and seen to be included.
Competition judges are looking specifically for the major characteristic of each of the pieces of the apparatus, and penalties occur if they are not present.
Two particular rules, concerned with passing through the rope, refer to the normal skipping action of hops and skips, and to larger skipping action involving leaps or jumps.
1.
Skips and hops.
The exercise must contain three different series of skips or hops into the rope, two of which must be done whilst traveling.
A series normally contains a minimum of three skips or steps.
2.
Jumps and leaps.
One series of a minimum of three successive jumps or leaps into the rope is required in addition to the skips and hops mentioned above.
The clever coach or gymnast will ensure that there are more than the required numbers of elements present in the sequence as choreographed.
Should there be a mistake in performance, a trip over the rope, a drop of the rope or some other fumble resulting in the full amount of skips or jumps not being shown, and then deductions will be made.
By including extra elements, there is less risk of penalties being made for omission.
An additional ruling concerning the skips and jumps states that the rope must be handled in a variety of ways when these moves are being performed.
For instance, the rope should perhaps be turned in different directions, not just forwards but backwards and sideways too, and with the arms in different positions such as open or crossed and so on.
There is room here for you to create a variety of combinations using the skipping action, perhaps also involving changes of speed of the rope turn.