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Jump rope – 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. Kiteboarding – Extreme sport where the kiteboarder harnesses the power of the wind with a large controllable power kite to be propelled across the water, land, or snow.
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.
The IJRU was created by a merger of the International Rope Skipping Federation and the World Jump Rope Federation. [3] On July 12, 2021, It became the 10th International Federation to gain Observer status from the Global Association of International Sports Federations .
A jump rope challenge is no mean feat. Here's what happened when fitness writer Rebecca Shepherd took on 100 jumps a day for 30 days, and her tips for doing so. I Jumped Rope Every Day For 30 Days.
Punk Rope sells a variety of colorful ropes for $9.99; or try one of Prevention’s other favorite jump ropes. ️ Lightweight shoes: You’ll also need a comfortable pair of lightweight shoes.
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 ...
Eadweard Muybridge, Boys playing Leapfrog (1883–86). The French version of this game is called saute-mouton (literally "leapsheep"), and the Romanian is called capra ("mounting rack" or "goat").
The action of jumping is central to several sports and activities. Some sports are based almost exclusively on the ability to jump, such as high jump in track and field, whereas in other sports the act of jumping is one of multiple athletic abilities used in the sport, such as basketball .