If you think jumping rope is for “girls in their skirts, jumping on a playground,” Alysia Mattson suggests you reconsider. “It’s way more of a badass sport than that,” the 28-year-old Seattle ...

Jumping rope might elicit memories of recess or summer days spent with childhood friends, but for athletes competing at the National Jump Rope Championship this week in Milwaukee, jumping is a passion ...

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 ...

Jumping rope saved Shaun Hamilton’s life. When he showed up to a new school in a new city, Sweetwater, Texas, the day before third grade, he had zero friends, a pronounced stutter and a learning ...

Here’s a question for you: when was the last time you tried jump roping? Perhaps it was last week in the gym, maybe it was during lockdown, or, like me, maybe it was when you were 10, in school and ...

The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida was jumping last month. That’s because the home of Mickey Mouse was also home to the U.S. National Jump Rope Championships. For four days, from June 27 ...

THERE. THREE, THREE, TWO, ONE, ONE. WHILE YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH JUMP ROPING. READY, SET. THIS IS LIKELY NOT WHAT YOU REMEMBER FROM THE PLAYGROUND. TEN. WE’RE TRYING TO DO THE MOST DIFFICULT AND ...