~ the Alpha Omega Jumpers is the only competitive jump rope team in Missouri Cape Bible Chapel jumped with activity Saturday while two competitive jump-rope teams learned, taught and practiced ...

Perched on the gym bleachers, Taryn Marriott bounces her knees up and down in a nervous trot, her eyes wide with fear. “I just want to get a medal,” she says. The 8-year-old is bean-sprout thin and ...

Two weeks ago we introduced you to the ambitious, endearing world of competitive jump rope in South Florida. There are speed drills, tears, backflips, and Olympic aspirations.You can read the cover ...

Three teenage girls demonstrating how to jump rope double Dutch -- not just jump, but jump really, really fast -- invited a middle-aged observer to give it a try. The woman, among those watching the ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — With the American Jump Rope Federation’s (AMJRF) National Championship coming to Sioux Falls in 2025, that begs the question, what is competitive jump rope? During a press ...

Jessica Burggaller might be the fastest jumper in the West. In one minute, the 10-year-old from Agua Caliente Elementary School can tap her foot on the ground 146 times, all while jumping rope. "You ...

The Skip Wizards competitive jump-rope team competed this summer in the USA Jump Rope National Tournament in Long Beach, California, winning first place in the team show competition. In addition, two ...

One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two. This steady cadence echoes through Hunters Bend Elementary's gym as the plastic beads of double dutch jump ropes hit the hardwood floor. In competitive jump ...

The Tsunami Skippers have competed in jump rope contests across the country, but now they're hosting the regional competition on their home turf in Seaside. (Tsunami Skippers) Forget playground double ...

TUCSON (KVOA) - Two local high school seniors are preparing to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. Karah Mayer and Madeline Cheu are students at Tanque Verde High School and ...

Jumping rope is much more than a playground pastime. Just ask Molly Metz, a five-time jump rope world champion, who has done roughly 1,400 unbroken double-unders (that's when you turn the rope ...