Jump Rope Videos

Jump Rope Videos officially turned 1 this week. What an amazing time it has been. In our first year of operation we’ve shared over 150 videos from around the world. We’ve had over 46,000 visitors and 98,000 page views and are growing every day. THANK YOU for making JRV such a huge success! Special thanks to all of the jumpers, coaches, and parents that have made such great videos to share with the world. Keep it up and together we will show the world how great this sport is. Our common goal is to see that Jump Rope becomes an Olympic sport. Here are the steps you can take to help us realize our Olympic dreams by getting the word out about Jump Rope:

1. Support the local jump rope organizations in your country. Become a member today!
2. Show people what jump rope is all about. Share JRV with all of your fellow jumpers, coaches, friends, family, and co-workers. Email them a link to your favorite video today!
3. Keep making cool videos and submitting them to JRV.
4. Add a link to Jump Rope Videos on your website.
5. Become more involved in the JRV community. Rate the videos and leave comments telling us what you like or don’t like about the videos or the site. It will help us make this a better resource for everyone interested in Jump Rope.

It’s been an amazing first year and we are looking forward to sharing many more with you.

Today we’re introducing a new feature here on JRV. You can now rate each post on the site. Therefore you can, in effect, vote for your favorite videos. Look for the stars at the bottom of each post and give a rating from 1 to 5 stars. The current top 10 videos will be displayed in the sidebar at the right of the main page on Jump Rope Videos. I encourage everyone who is a regular reader and viewer of JRV to go vote for your favorite videos. You are the experts that know the sport better than anyone, and you know what good jumping looks like. I think the highest rated list should reflect the collective wisdom of the worldwide jump rope community. So go dig through the archives and categories or just start at the begining and vote for your favorites.

Earlier this year I was interviewed for an article on Jump Rope that appeared in NC State Magazine. The article is excellent and focuses on several NC State students that are among the most elite jumpers in the sport. It’s an amazing group of jumpers: Kristen Bailey, Suzanne Cash, Joe Edney, Anna Holdaway, Ted Lehman, Timothy Martin, Tyler Perez and Lauren Perdue. If Jump Rope were a college sport, NC State would be extremely tough to beat. It might be a toss up between NC State and Boise State (Kelsy Moe, Shane Winsor, Lee Reisig, Calli Wold) but it’s safe to say both schools are loaded with talent. At any rate, go check out the article, it does a great job of capturing the excitement of jump rope and talking about how it is ready to bust wide open into the mainstream. It’s great to see the sport treated with the respect it deserves. They also have an accompanying web feature on Jump Rope with some exclusive videos. There is even a page dedicated to JRV.

Whew! After another few hours of hard work, I’ve recategorized all of the videos that I moved over last night. I decided to change some of them slightly from the way they were on the old site. If you find anything that looks like it’s out of place or have any suggestions for new categories, please let me know. Hopefully it will be easier to find what you are looking for now. Also, I’ve found that the new search feature on this site is particularly useful. If you have any suggestions for ways to make this site more useful to you, I’d love to hear them.

As you know, JRV is in the process of moving from blogspot to jumpropevideos.com. So far so good. After several hours of hard work, I think I have successfully migrated all of the old content to the new server. Unfortunately, I have lost all of my tags in the process so those will need to be rebuilt by hand over the next few days. If you notice any broken links or any issues with the content, please let me know.

If you have any links to the old jumpropevideos.blogspot.com site, please update them to point to jumpropevideos.com.

You can expect this site to change a lot over the next couple of weeks as I tweak the layout and features on the site. If you have any suggestions for the site, hop on over to the forums and let me hear them.

JRV will be moving here shortly. We will continue to share the best jump rope videos from around the world. Once the move is complete we will also be able to do some new things like keep in touch and share ideas via the brand new JRV Jump Rope Forums.
If you are just joining us and don’t know what this is all about, you can still check out all of the fun we’ve been having over at the old place. In the meantime, here is a taste of what you can expect to see here in the future. This is a preview of the 2007-2009 USA Jump Rope All Star Team. Visit usajumprope.org for more info on the All Star Team including team member bios. Enjoy!

As April comes to a close and regional tournament season is behind us, it seems like a good time to give you an update on how far Jump Rope Videos has come in a very short time. Jump Rope Videos (or JRV as some people are starting to abbreviate it) is almost three months old and is starting to take on a life of its own. JRV is already averaging more than 220 visitors per day, and continues to grow at an accelerating pace. We are getting more and more subscribers every day.

It is also great to see all of the videos that our readers are putting together and submitting to JRV. We’ve seen some truly amazing videos. The greatest thing about this sport is that people are constantly innovating and trying new things. No matter how long you’ve been around Jump Rope, you will always be able to see something you’ve never seen before. Keep those videos coming!

Because of you, JRV has become a great resource for showing people what Jump Rope is all about. Help us continue to spread the word about this amazing sport. Jump Rope will be huge if we get it in front of the right people. There are many ways you can help get the word out.

1. Add a link to Jump Rope Videos on your team website.
2. Email a link to your family, friends, classmates, or coworkers.
3. Bookmark posts on JRV using Digg, Reddit, del.icio.us, or the social bookmarking site of your choice using the very handy
   button that appears after each post.

Here are some of the JRV highlights from April in case you missed them the first time around…

Cool Videos:
Rope Skipping in South Africa: Some awesome single rope freestyle.
USA Jump Rope All Star Team: Grand Central Station. Need I say more?
Jump Rope with OK Go: The “wallpaper” music video for “Do What You Want” that happens to have some jumpers in it.
Japanese Double Dutch Team - Kurui: Those crazy Japanese Double Dutchers wow us again.

A Busy Month for Team DDF and Planet Jump Rope
It was a very busy April for our friends from Belgium. They held the first ever DDCB AND they appeared on a popular Belgian tv talent show.
DDCB - Welcome To The Jungle: Sweet video of the action from the first ever DDCB.
Double Dutch Contest Belgium - Results: Guess what country the winner was from.
Double Dutch on Talent Show in Belgium: DDF looks good on TV.

2006 Nationals on ESPN:
Grand National Champs - Summerwind Skippers - The “Mad Scientist” Lee Reisig and his crew invent some cool new double dutch tricks and bring them to life at Nationals.
Grand National Champ - Adam Pang: Adam’s 2006 single rope freestyle. BTW, did you see Adam’s cameo in the Disney movie “Jump In!”?

Jump Rope Tips:
A new feature at JRV this month was the addition of some tips for those getting started with Jump Rope.
Getting Started With Double Dutch: These tips should help you choose the right double dutch ropes for your team.
The Secret To Jumping Double Dutch - Good Turners: Once you’ve got double dutch ropes, learn how to turn them properly.
How To Do Basic Chinese Wheel: Get those wheels spinning.

Interviews:
USA Jump Rope All Star Nick Woodard: Nick talks about becoming the first person in the world to do “The Money Maker”.
Doubletime Interview - Director Stephanie Johnes and USA Jump Rope All Star Tim Martin sat down with the folks from the movie-blog Spout to talk about their upcoming Jump Rope documentary.

Once upon a time, I was a world class jumper in the sport of Jump Rope. I traveled all over the world to perform and compete. I won several national championship titles and one world championship title. I even started my own team in college with the help of some good friends. Then I graduated college and got a desk job. Let’s just say I’ve let my skills atrophy a little since then.

Now I’m looking to get back into Jump Rope. I miss it. It was a ton of fun and kept me in great shape. I need to drop some weight and get back in good shape, and jumping rope is the best way I know to do that. I’ll let you know how that goes.

My goal with this site is to let everyone know how cool this sport is, and how good it can be for your health and physical fitness. If you have never seen it before, prepare to be amazed. I’ll try to collect as many videos as I can from around the web to show you how amazing Jump Rope is.