Legs · Bodyweight
Skater Hop Tap
How to do the skater hop tap, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand on one leg with a slight knee bend. Push off laterally and leap to the opposite side, landing softly on the other foot and lightly tapping your trailing foot or the floor behind you for balance. Push off again to bound back and forth in a skating motion.
- 1Glutes and outer hip powering each sideways leap
- 2A soft landing with the knee bending to absorb impact
- 3Core staying braced to control balance on each tap
Common mistakes
- Letting your landing knee collapse inward
- Landing on a locked or stiff leg
- Rushing so each hop loses control
Muscles worked
The skater hop tap mainly works the glutes, quads, and hamstrings, with the lower back, calves, lower abs, and adductors assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsPrimary
- HamstringsPrimary
- Lower BackSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- ObliquesMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
Kovo programs the skater hop tap for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed June 2026.