SKIPPING ROPE

 

 

Jump rope (American English) or skipping rope (British English)

is the primary tool used in the game of skipping played by

 children and many young adults, where one or more

 participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under

their feet and over their heads. This may consist of one

participant turning and jumping the rope, or a minimum of three

 participants taking turns, two of whom turn the rope while one

 or more jumps. This is called long rope. Sometimes the latter is

 played with two turning ropes; this form of the activity is

called Double Dutch and is more difficult. Jump-rope rhymes

 are often chanted beginning when the skipper jumps in and

 ending when the skipper messes up.

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jumping rope techniques

 

Basic jump or easy jump

 

The jumper keeps both feet slightly apart and jumps at the same

time over the rope. Beginners usually master this technique

 first before moving onto more advanced techniques.

 

 

Alternate foot jump (speed step)

 

The jumper uses alternate feet to jump off the ground. This

technique can be used to effectively double the number of

skips per minute as compared to the above technique.

This step is used for speed events.

 

Criss-cross

 

This method is similar to the basic jump with the only

difference being that while jumping, the left hand goes to the

 right part of the body and vice versa for the right hand,

with arms crossing in front of the body.

 

Side Swing

 

This is a basic technique where the rope passes the side of

the skipper's body, without jumping it. Usually the skipper

performs a basic jump after a side swing, or a criss-cross.

 

 

EB(front-back cross)

 

This is similar to the criss-cross except one arm crosses

 behind the back.

 

Double under

 

The participant jumps higher than usual while swinging the

rope twice under his feet. It is possible to have the rope

swing three times under the feet (triple under). In competitive

jump rope, triples, quadruples ("quads"), and quintuples ("quins")

are performed.

 

Double Dutch

 

In Double Dutch skipping, two long jump ropes turning in

opposite directions are jumped by one or more players.

 

Toad

 

This is more complicated. The jumper performs the "Cross"

manoeuvre with one arm crossing under the opposite

leg from the inside.

 

Leg Over

 

The jumper skips in a normal open jump, but with one arm

 hooked under the same leg.

 

Awesome Annie

 

The jumper alternates between a Leg Over and a toad without

 a jump in between.

 

Inverse toad

 

This is similar to the toad, except the arm crosses the

same leg from the outside (rather than the opposite leg

 from the inside).

 

Elephant

 

A cross between the inverse toad and the toad, where

 both arms cross under one leg, rather than one.

 

Frog/Donkey kick

 

This is a variation of a handstand, with a beginner version and

 an advanced version. In the beginner version, the jumper

does a handstand, comes down and then pulls the rope

under. In the advanced, the jumper pulls the rope while

coming down from the handstand.

 

Combination jumps

 

There are many more difficult jump roping techniques that

combine two or more of these techniques to make a single

trick. These combinations can also be used in Chinese

Wheel, Double Dutch, Egg Beater, triangle and Long Rope.

 

The James Hirst

 

This requires a more complicated technique. The jumper

 performs a backflip into a split and then back to a skip

 in the upright position.

 

Other

 

Other variations are possible. These include: "skier", a

side-to-side jump keeping the feet together; "bell", a front-

and-back jump keeping the feet together; "scissors", a jump

putting one foot forward and the other back, then switching

back-and-forth; "jumping jack", a jump putting the feet apart

 and then together; and "can-can" a jump with one leg up and

bent, followed by a jump with both feet on ground, followed by

a jump kicking the foot out. The possibilities are endless, and

many Grand National champions have routines consisting of

 tricks they made up.

 

In competitive jump rope, competitors are required to have

 three elements in their routine^{[citation needed]}: Multiple unders

 (when the rope passes under the feet multiple times in

 the air), strength or inversion/displacement, which consists

 of tricks utilizing a jumper's strength such as the frog/donkey

 kick, and rope manipulations, when one or both of the handles

 are released and caught, when jumpers cross the rope over

 their body, or when they wrap it around one of their limbs.

 Crosses, side swings, EB jumps, toads, and inverse toads

 are all examples of rope manipulations.