Jump Rope Videos

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.

Here’s another giant leap forward for the mainstream acceptance of Jump Rope… the Planet Jump Rope crew recently went to Corsica to film a music video. The video is for the song “Rise Up” by Yves Larock. The song is really cool and the video turned out great! In the video they do both double dutch and single rope. Let’s hope this song becomes really popular and helps propel our sport even further into the mainstream! Great work guys!

This is a really cool TV commercial for Strathmore Spring Water featuring the jumpers from DDF. The commercial has some excellent special effects that make it look like their double dutch ropes are made of water and they are using the water bottles as handles. Check it out!

There are only a handful of professional rope skippers in the world, and Peter Nestler of Rope Masters is one of them. That’s right, you heard me, he makes a living jumping rope. We should all be so lucky. Actually, luck isn’t much of a factor here. Peter’s success is the direct result of a lot of hard work and a drive to constantly get better at everything he does. Peter may just be the hardest working jumper in the world. In the coming school year he will be going on a tour of nearly 350 schools! He has produced 2 jump rope DVDs and is working on his 3rd. And if that doesn’t wear you out, he recently started the worlds first jump rope video podcast.

I first met Peter in the early 90’s and got to jump with him on several occasions at camps and got to see him compete and win in international competitions. He’s easily one of the best single rope jumpers in the world and is a lot of fun to watch. When I discovered earlier this year that Peter had “gone pro” I had to check out what he was up to, so I ordered a copy of Revolve.

Revolve is a lot of fun to watch. In it Peter teams up with some of the top jumpers in the world to demonstrate some pretty amazing rope skipping. On a stop in Juneau, Kaitlyn Hart and Nicole Lim jump with Peter to demonstrate some Chinese Wheel. Trent Cunningham (Peter’s old jumping partner) also stops by to demo some Traveler.

By far my favorite section of the DVD is when Peter visits Houston to join forces with USA Jump Rope All Stars Nick Woodard and Jeff Mauss. Nick and Jeff show off a little of their pairs single rope freestyle which has always been amazing. The Double Dutch section that follows is also worth watching for some one-of-a-kind stunts that I won’t spoil for you. Just watch it. Peter is also joined by a unique cast of characters including strong man Dennis Rogers (rips phone books in half and bends metal with his bare hands) and extreme unicyclist Dan Heaton (can jump steps and park benches while riding). It’s all very entertaining to watch.

Revolve is exclusively a performance video. There is no attempt to break down or teach any of the tricks contained in this DVD. That doesn’t mean you can’t learn from it. I’ve watched several sections in slow motion to see how Peter pulls off some of his single rope tricks, and I’ve picked up some valuable information from that. I’m currently working on a rope release called the Mamba that Peter does with ease, and being able to watch him do it in slow motion is extremely helpful. In fact my favorite special feature on the DVD is the “Slow Motion Gallery.” For me that was worth the price of the DVD alone. If you are looking for more traditional instruction on how to jump rope, Peter has a Single Rope Skills DVD and is currently working on a new Double Dutch instructional video. Also, be sure to subscribe to his podcast on iTunes in which he teaches 2 new tricks on every episode.

Here is a preview of Revolve. I highly recommend you pick up your copy today.

Here is another great example of what I was talking about in my last post. DDF is a team that really understands what it means to perform. They put on a great show from beginning to end. I love watching them jump.

The Doubletime website is live. Stop by and check it out. It looks really cool. The website has some great pictures including some on the main page of USA Jump Rope All Star Tim Martin soaring through the air while doing a TJ. You can also read some of the background on the film and check out cast bios. They still do not list TV air date for the movie, but as soon as we find out when it will air, we will let you know.

Here is the trailer for Doubletime. It looks like a great film that you don’t want to miss.