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Skipping rope. A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in the sport of skipping/jump rope where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads. There are multiple subsets of skipping/jump rope, including single freestyle, single speed, pairs, three-person speed (Double Dutch), and ...
International Jump Rope Union. The International Jump Rope Union ( IJRU) is the highest authority and world governing body for the sport of jump roping and rope skipping. [1] [2]
The game is typically played in a group of at least 3 players with a rope approximately 16 feet (5 m) in length tied into a circle. Traditional Chinese jump ropes are strings of rubber bands tied together, but today many varieties of commercial rope exist. Two players face each other standing 9 feet (3 m) apart, and position the rope around ...
Grade skipping. Grade skipping is a form of academic acceleration, [1] often used for academically talented students, that enables the student to skip entirely the curriculum of one or more years of school. Grade skipping allows students to learn at an appropriate level for their cognitive abilities, and is normally seen in schools that group ...
Move 1: The basic bounce. Keeping knees, hips, and ankles soft, with elbows in to the ribs and hands slightly forward of hips, use your wrists to swing the rope over your head and bounce lightly ...
Incredible video footage shows Chinese students using dozens of ropes to form a massive jump rope experience.
Double Dutch (jump rope) Children playing double Dutch in Buenos Aires. Double Dutch is a game in which two long jump ropes turning in opposite directions are jumped by one or more players jumping simultaneously. It is believed to have originated among Dutch immigrants in New York City, although it has been a popular school playground game for ...
A skipping rhyme (occasionally skipping-rope rhyme or jump-rope rhyme ), is a rhyme chanted by children while skipping. Such rhymes have been recorded in all cultures where skipping is played. Examples of English-language rhymes have been found going back to at least the 17th century. Like most folklore, skipping rhymes tend to be found in many ...