Just like me. In my first few months of boxing, skipping was a b***h for me. Shin splints killed me and I felt like there was no solution. As a result, I hated skipping. The only thing that helped me was to embrace the jump rope and make it one of your favorite excercises. Keep stretching, wear new balance or avia shoes and run on a clay track, buy boxing shoes to train in, and ice them shins down. Believe me will get used to it. If you can get throught your early stages, eventually you will skip for hours w/ no pain.