So what do I know? I figured, I at least know this. So I decided to make this informational thread about jump rope. Just a few tips and what not to have you bouncing in no time.
Firstly, jump rope isn’t hard. If you think you’re hard, it’s because you’re making it hard. Usually the issue beginners have is they overthink it. They think it’s a lot harder than it looks, but on a very basic level, just plain single bounce jumping, it’s not. You don’t have to jump a foot in the air, an inch or so is good, the rope isn’t that big. Getting and keeping your rhythm is important, and swing from the WRISTS. A big mistake lots of beginners make is thinking it takes the whole arm. No. Small flicks of the wrist should be good enough. If you have trouble knowing when to jump, listen for when the rope hits the ground, and jumping right then usually does the trick to get you into the swing of things, but once you find a steady pace and get the rhythm down, you won’t have to think about it.
Basic single bouncing is probably the most common form of jumping among people who don’t do jump rope as a sport. It’s simple, just jump over the rope, no rebound jumps in between.
Okay, so you got basic bounce down? Good. Now there are a hundred different ways to go from here. You don’t have to want to be a world champion to find that learning a few cool tricks is a lot more fun than just basic endurance jumping, so even as conditioning for another sport, you can make it far more interesting than ten minutes of basic bounce.
There are the basic tricks you may have seen before. Criss -cross: Just cross your arms when the rope is above your head. At first, you want to start crossing really big… perhaps at the elbows, but once you gain more control, you won’t need to cross that big. And then when the rope hits the ground. You jump. Simple enough. Not too hard to get.
And then there is backwards basic bounce, backwards criss-cross. Same thing as the normal, you’re just swinging the rope the opposite way.
When you get into more advanced tricks, it’s important not to forget the basics. Remember… you don’t need to jump higher, and it all comes from the wrists.
A fairly simple high level trick, would be a double under. The concept is easy: One jump, but the rope goes under the feet twice. Again, it’s from the wrists. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that it’s all in jumping higher… jumping higher may help, especially at first, but the key is swinging faster and stronger from the wrists. Once you get this, you can try for more multiple-unders, like triples or quadruple unders, which of course is the same concept, with a bit of added difficulty.
So just a few little tips and a bit of advice.
If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask.
I hope someone found this at least slightly useful. I’m new at the whole &T “quality” posting thing.
