Jump Rope Videos

I’ve noticed that different people prefer different types of double dutch ropes. Some people are more speed focused, so they use smaller diameter ropes like cable/wire ropes or licorice/speed ropes. Some people are more freestyle focused and use either beaded ropes or cloth ropes. Just on my team I’ve noticed that some people prefer beaded ropes for freestyle while others prefer cloth ropes for freestyle. Let’s put it to a vote… what kind of double dutch ropes do you prefer to use? If you are new to Double Dutch and curious about the differences, you can read more on my post about getting started with double dutch. If you’ve been jumping for a while and have tried different types of rope, leave a comment to tell us why you prefer the type of rope you use.

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Here is a great promo video for DDF. It is a compilation of several of their high profile performances. It looks great. They also have a new website so you can stay on top of the latest DDF news. These guys are blowing up! Between filming music videos, commercials, TV appearances, and competitions, I don’t know when they have time to eat or sleep.

This is a performance from the Brouhaha International Street Festival 2007 in Liverpool. The Double Dutch team is “Capilore” from Japan.

Here is another cool performance from Tokyo University in Japan. This is Double Dutch team Chaba.

This is Japanese Double Dutch team Noroshi’s performance at Tokyo University in Japan. This is what is known as a Fusion routine. Once again, this is an expertly crafted routine. Everything is in constant motion and everyone gets involved. These routines are just plain fun to watch. Sometimes it takes watching routines like this several times to catch all of the intricacies. I challenge you to just focus on just one jumper and follow only that jumper for the entire routine. It’s extremely difficult to do. Make sure you don’t just focus on the jumpers, watch the turners too. There is some great turner involvement going on in this routine. In particular pay attention to what the turners do on the final speed step. That’s some pretty cool stuff.

This is a Japanese Double Dutch team performing at Tokyo University in 2006. It is an amazing performance. Their routine is very tight. All of their movements are perfectly synchronized to the music. They move very fluidly and jump with attitude and confidence. This is how you do Double Dutch.

The 2007 USA Jump Rope National Championship results have been posted to the USA Jump Rope website.
2007 National Jump Rope Championship Results

If I read the results correctly, it looks like Tori Boggs went home with a lot of new hardware to put on display. She won the Female Triple Unders, Female Single Rope Speed, Female Three Minute Speed, and Female Single Rope Freestyle events. That basically amounts to a sweep of the individual single rope events which is absolutely amazing! She is clearly one of the top athletes our sport has ever seen.

Here is some video from a team that made it “on Stage” at Nationals. This is an all male team from Hot Dog USA performing their Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle on stage during the Grand National Championship. This is a great routine with some very innovative tricks. The Double Leap Frog that they start the routine with is a really cool trick. This routine was good enough to earn them 2nd place, which is an amazing accomplishment in today’s hyper-competitive field.

This is a pretty sweet jump rope demonstration at the Ritsumeikan University entrance ceremony in 2006. Ritsumeikan University is located in Kyoto, Japan. Once again, the Japanese Double Dutch teams demonstrate a very high level of excellence in their performance and production values. It’s very difficult to perform synchronized choreographed double dutch routines. It’s hard enough to do a single choreographed double dutch routine, but to have 3 sets of ropes and keep them perfectly synchronized is extremely difficult.

Here’s a young Double Dutch team from Hong Kong. Nice Work Guys!

Jump Rope continues to get even more publicity around the world. DDF recently appeared on the New Paul O’Grady Show in the UK. When Paul is introducing the segment he says that “rope jumping is the world’s biggest craze at the moment.” I think he’s on to something. The momentum for Jump Rope to break through into the mainstream is building, and I think teams like DDF are leading the push into this brave new world. The coming years are going to be a very interesting time for our sport.