Jump Rope Videos

This is some of the best choreography I’ve ever seen in a double dutch routine. It’s an excellent routine, but I wish they would have landed the basket toss inside the ropes rather than doing it completely outside of the ropes. It would have been very easy for them to do.

Here’s more video from the 2006 USA Jump Rope All Star team.

I just got back last night from judging the 2007 USA Jump Rope All-Star Team tryouts and my adrenaline is still pumping! The future of this sport is in great hands. Out of 50 candidates, we selected 24 jumpers that will spend the next 2 years being ambassadors for the sport of Jump Rope as they travel around the world performing and teaching. These 24 jumpers were selected by a panel of 12 judges that observed each candidate of the course of the last 3 days.

Each candidate had to go through a very rigorous selection process. On Friday they had to dress up for a 5 minutes taped interview in front of our panel of judges. On Saturday they had to teach an all day workshop while the judges observed and scored them on their teaching ability. On Sunday they had to go through a very difficult day of demonstrating their jumping ability. They were judged in 4 separate events. Each jumper had to learn a very difficult single rope group routine. After that they had to do a single rope freestyle. Then they were randomly assigned to a 3 person team and had to create a double dutch freestyle. Finally they had to demonstrate their mastery of 3-person chinese wheel.

I was very impressed at how far the sport has come in the last few years. These jumpers have taken everything I was doing 10 years ago to an entirely new level. They didn’t just pass me in skill level, they leap frogged me and did a backflip TJ triple before landing.

Here is a taste of what these kids can do. I had the chance to meet some of the jumpers in this video this weekend. This video is of the Bouncing Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are the subject of the new jump rope documentary “Doubletime” by director Stephanie Johnes. They are great kids and amazing athletes. I can’t wait to see what tricks they will come up with next.

Ken Solis (aka “Dr. Jump“) has been involved with jump rope since the late 70’s. I had the opportunity to work with Ken on the board of directors for USAJRF in the late 90’s. As an engineer myself, I really appreciate Ken’s academic approach to the science and history of jump rope.

Ken has a distinct performance style that is unique in the world of Jump rope, which is demonstrated in this video. I think he deserves a lot of credit as an early innovator in the area of rope manipulation.

One of the things I really love about jump rope is the infinite variety of things that can be done. The opportunity to be creative is literally unlimited in this sport. I’ve been involved with jump rope for over 20 years, and I still see new things all the time. This team from Japan has a series of unique double dutch tricks that are really cool. I really love the spin move that the girl does with her leg raised while the turners stall the ropes. I also like their incorporation of break dance moves.

This was an ad that appeared last year for the XBOX 360. It’s got a great pace and energy about it that I love. I like how they incorporate so many different elements in rapid succession. They start with Chinese Wheel, focus mostly on Double Dutch, and then end with some Traveling. Very cool.

Next week I am traveling Dallas to be a judge for the USA Jumprope All-Star Team tryouts. This is a really exciting opportunity for me. It’s going to be a lot of fun to see some old friends and make new ones. I can’t wait to see what this next generation of jumpers can do. I know they will have invented things that I never dreamed of when I was jumping just a few short years ago. Here is a video of the previous All-Star team in action. These kids are simply amazing.

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.