couple moves have to do
with the rope more then
your body. A couple are
kick swing, Double peek-aboo, Twist, Can Can, Bell,
Diamond Salom, Twister,
Wounded duck, Shuffle,
Side Swing, Crossover,
Double under, Forward
180, and Backward 180.
These moves have more to
do with the rope. They are
also really hard.
In the early 70’s Richard
Cendali started
spreading rope skipping
through out the USA
and later on the world.
The American Double
Dutch league, the
sports first governing
body was formed by
David A. Walker in
1974. There is also a
USA jump rope team.
They go to all different
places around the world to
For double dutch you have
know that jump rope is also
compete in tournaments.
DOUBLE DUTCH
for centuries. You might
called skipping rope.
During this development of
to exercise for the exercise.
There are many different
time kids all over the world
You can get a lot of exercise
jump rope teams all over the
were jump roping.
from double dutch. Double
world from China to
Michigan and all over the
dutch takes fancy foot work. HISTORY
ropes at the same time, one
Jump rope history goes way world. One team in the U.S is
the Green Panthers, Pink
back. They say that no one
rope touching the ground
actually created jump rope.
Panthers, The Firecrackers,
while one is in the air. While
The modern version of it is
and the U.S.A. jump rope
the ropes are turned a third
believed that to have
team that’s right there is a
person jumps within. It gets
originated in the
U.S.A team and they are
a little tricky at first but,
Netherlands. People in
really good. But my favorite
when you get your friends
Egypt would practice
team is the Green Panthers.
together then you can
jumping over vines. In
practice with them.
China they use rope tied
This article was supposed to
2 turners that twirl the
tell you the back story on
together, but double dutch
Speed jumping is a little bit
jump rope, some basic
didn’t hit the streets until
harder then the regular
moves, & double dutch. I
the 20th century.
double dutch. It requires 3
was also trying to tell you
people just like double
Double dutch is a game and
some basics on jump rope
dutch. The third person
a sport. Double dutch is also
and that it is like any other
would run in place as fast as good exercise that you can
sport, it is competitive, it
they can while the 2 turners do in your free time.
gives you strength, and it is
Skipping has been practiced tiring.
turn the rope underneath.
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