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A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in a sport where participants jump over a rope which is swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads. Variations of the sport allow for freestyle jumping, or following set sequences, with one or more participants involved in jumping.
Double Dutch is a game in which two long jump ropes turning in opposite directions are jumped by one or more players jumping simultaneously. There is a lack of consensus regarding the early history of double Dutch, but it is said to have been traced back from Egypt, China, and even Europe, where various forms of skipping rope was quite common.
Chinese jump rope combines the skills of hopscotch with some of the patterns from the hand-and-string game cat's cradle. The game began in 7th-century China. In the 1960s, children in the Western hemisphere adapted the game. German-speaking children call Chinese jump rope gummitwist and British children call it elastics. The game is typically ...
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Jumping rope allows you to get in a good cardio workout while also working on lower-body strength training, says Albert Matheny, R.D., C.S.C.S., co-founder of SoHo Strength Lab, Promix Nutrition ...
A child playing tag.. This is a list of games that are played by children.Traditional children's games do not include commercial products such as board games but do include games which require props such as hopscotch or marbles (toys go in List of toys unless the toys are used in multiple games or the single game played is named after the toy; thus "jump rope" is a game, while "Jacob's ladder ...
These are the 9 best skipping ropes (or 'jump ropes') to buy, from speed to weighted, recommended by expert personal trainers. ... Games. Health. Home & Garden. Medicare. News. Shopping.
Kradod Chueak (Thai: กระโดดเชือก) is a jump rope game. There are two ways to play: individual jump rope and group jump rope. Tricks can also be added to the jumps, and there are various techniques. In individual jump rope, the player holds the rope with both hands, swings it faster and faster until the rope is almost ...