Jump Rope Videos

USA Jump Rope has posted the airdates for the 2009 U.S. National Jump Rope Championship. Set your DVRs! There are several routines that I’m looking forward to seeing through the lens of a professional camera. Until then we have to make do with the cell phone videos making the rounds on YouTube.

For a preview of the level of talent you can expect to see… this is 2009 Grand National Champ Nick Woodard. I’m stunned by the Money Maker that he drops about 20 seconds into his routine. How does he do it?? It’s possible he isn’t human.

Airdates are listed below the video. Enjoy!

FSN Arizona
8/8/09 11:30 a.m. PDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. PDT
FSN Detroit
8/8/09 4:00 p.m. EDT
8/19/09 12:00 p.m. EDT
FSN Florida
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. EDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. EDT
FSN Midwest
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. CDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. CDT
FSN North
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. CDT
8/14/09 3:00 p.m. CDT
FSN Wisconsin
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. CDT
8/14/09 3:00 p.m. CDT
FSN Northwest
8/6/09 2:00 p.m. PDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. PDT
FSN Ohio
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. EDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. EDT
FSN Pittsburgh
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. EDT
FSN Rocky Mountain
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. MDT
8/14/09 3:00 p.m. MDT
FSN South
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. EDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. EDT
FSN Southwest
8/7/09 11:00 a.m. CDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. CDT
FSN Houston
8/7/09 11:00 a.m. CDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. CDT
FSN West
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. PDT
8/8/09 3:00 p.m. PDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. PDT
COMCAST New England
8/6/09 4:00 p.m. EDT
8/13/09 3:00 p.m. EDT
COMCAST Philadelphia
8/7/09 11:00 a.m. EDT
8/14/09 11:00 a.m. EDT
COMCAST Chicago
8/8/09 3:00 p.m. CDT
8/9/09 7:00 p.m. CDT

A long standing question has finally been answered by this video. Yes, Tim Martin can indeed fly.

So much fun to watch…

Here is a video of the FR4 Team Show from the 2008 US Nationals. FR4 placed 1st in the Team Show event with this routine. That is an amazing accomplishment on it’s own. What makes it even more amazing is that this group was composed of members from 4 separate jump rope teams from 2 states. That means these kids pulled this together by traveling on their free weekends to different towns across state lines just to prepare for this one event. Way to go FR4!!!

USA Jump Rope has just announced that Fox Sports is going to air the 2008 US National Jump Rope Championships.

Here are the scheduled air dates:

• FSN Arizona 7/28/08 4 p.m. Pacific & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Pacific
• FSN Detroit 7/28/08 4 p.m. Eastern & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Eastern
• FSN Detroit 8/22/08 2 p.m. Eastern
• FSN Florida 7/28/08 4 p.m. Eastern & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Eastern
• FSN Midwest 7/28/08 3 p.m. Central & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Central
• MSG Plus 7/28/08 4 p.m. Eastern
• FSN North 7/28/08 4 p.m. Central & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Central
• FSN Wisconsin 7/28/08 4 p.m. Central & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Central
• FSN Northwest 7/28/08 3:30 p.m. Pacific & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Pacific
• FSN Ohio 7/28/08 4 p.m. Eastern & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Eastern
• FSN Pittsburgh 7/28/08 4 p.m. Eastern &8/18/08 3 p.m. Eastern
• FSN Rocky Mountain 7/28/08 1 p.m. Mountain & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Mountain & 8/18/08 1 p.m. Mountain (non Broncos)
• FSN South 7/28/08 4 p.m. Eastern & & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Eastern
• FSN Southwest 7/28/08 4 p.m. Central & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Central
• FSN Houston 7/28/08 4 p.m. Central
• FSN West 7/28/08 12 p.m. Pacific & 8/18/08 3 p.m. Pacific
• Comcast New England 7/28/08 4 p.m. Eastern
• Comcast Philadelphia 7/31/08 3 p.m. Eastern & 8/21/08 3:30 p.m. Eastern & 8/24/08 3 p.m. Eastern
• Comcast Mid Atlantic 8/18/08 3 p.m. Eastern
• Comcast Chicago 8/07/08 9 p.m. Central

While you wait for the official airing, here is a sneak preview of one of the routines you are sure to see. This is 2008 Grand National Champion Shane Winsor doing his award winning single rope freestyle.

Finally!!! Today they posted a trailer for JUMP! on YouTube! (Yes, I did a little dance after I watched it. It’s THAT good.) For those that haven’t heard about it, JUMP! is a documentary that focuses on the sport we all know and love. Starting in 2005, director Helen Hood Scheer flew all over the U.S. to film some of the top jumpers in the country. The film follows kids from 5 different teams as they train for and compete at Nationals and Worlds.

The cast is an amazing collection of some of the top Jump Rope talent in the world:

Tori Boggs (River Valley Skippers)
Emily Bonnette (River Valley Skippers)
Marcus Taylor (Ropin’ Rockets)
Nick Woodard (RazzMaTazz)
Jeff Mauss (RazzMaTazz)
Lee Reisig (Summerwind Skippers)
Style Harper (West End YMCA Rope Twisters)
Jaz O’Neal (West End YMCA Rope Twisters)
Shaun Hamilton (Head Coach of Team USA)

I can’t wait to see this movie. The trailer ROCKS! Check it out:

** Update ** Jump! is now available on DVD from Amazon!

Here is a solid routine from the 2007 US National Jump Rope Championship. This is Kelly Fuller and Jamie Delozier from Jumping For Joy. This routine earned them 1st place in the 15-17 age division championship and 3rd in the Grand National championship. Notice how closely they are synchronized when they jump. That takes A LOT of practice. Nice work ladies!

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 year’s USA Jump Rope National Tournament will be held this coming weekend at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. June 22-23 will be the National Age Division Championships followed by the Grand Masters National Championship on June 24th. If you are attending, please be sure to take lots-o’-video and share it with the rest of us by submitting your videos to JRV.

Will Adam Pang repeat as Single Rope Freestyle Champion?

What sort of crazy and innovative Double Dutch tricks will the Summerwind Skippers have cooked up?

Will Justin Meier break any national speed records?

Can Tori Boggs break her own records in single rope speed? If she can maintain her top speed with no misses, we might even see some world records broken! If you’ve never had a chance to see her jump speed you’re missing out. Here is some video of her doing 30 second speed. The girl is crazy fast.

Good luck to everyone!

30 sec speed

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The 2006 USA Jump Rope National Championship will air this Sunday April 22nd, 2007 on ESPN2 at 11:00 a.m. Central/Standard Time. If you have never seen a jump rope tournament before, prepare to be amazed. This is an amazing single rope and double dutch competition that will display the best talent from across the United States.

Here is a sample of what you can expect to see. This video is of Grand National Champion and USA Jump Rope All Star Adam Pang performing his single rope freestyle routine. Adam is an amazing athlete and his routine is flawless.

Here is an awesome routine from the Summerwind Skippers at the 2006 USA Jump Rope Championships at Disney World. Kelsy Moe, Shane Winsor, Calli Wold, and Lee Reisig won the Grand National Championship in double dutch pairs freestyle with this routine. This same foursome also won the Grand National Championship in 2005 for the same event. Summerwind team member Lee Reisig is also a member of the USA Jump Rope All Star team.