Category Archives: Jumprope
Howdy. I teach kids fitness…
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Howdy. I teach kids fitness classes as well as adults. What I have found is that adults love the kids classes more than the kids do!! I use hoola hoops, moon shoes and am thinking of incorporating hippity hops and pogo sticks. I also use agility ladders and use bands as a form of “chinese jump ropes” remember them? Thanks for the tip on how to make my own hoola hoops…heading for the hardware store tomorrow…do you put beads or anything in them? ellen (43 and still playing)
I remember playing Chinese…
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I remember playing Chinese jumprope when i was like in the 4th and 5th grade, and I remember making it out of rubberbands….you would make it long enough to make it into a huge circle so you could wrap it around your ankles and someone elses, standing at least a yard away. You would be in teams and both members of the team had to win to go to the next level. You would jump in with both feet, then jump out with both feet, synchronized of course, then move your right foot in so you would only be over one side of the ropes, then jump to the other side with both feet. Then jump up with both feet and land on the rope, at the same time. At that point the other member would do the same. If both members passed, then you would go to the next level. The levels would be from: ankles, knees, right below the behind, then waist, underarms, and neck. i don’t think it got that far, but just in case some girl who could jump high, I think that was the last level. If one member missed, then they would switch and if it became your turn again, you start all over again. this was the version I used to play…=)
Hi, I remember…
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Hi, I remember fragments to a couple of skipping songs we sang as children in Quebec. One went something like this: Tinker, taylor Soldier, sailor Doctor, lawyer Beggarman, thief — — — — — — …..Merchant, chief And, another fragment: Mississippi M-I-S-S-I S-S-I- P-P-I Do these snippits ring a bell with you? If so, I’d love to know how the whole song truly goes. Thanks, Ros
I too have been trying to…
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I too have been trying to find the rules for chinese jump rope. I am a school age care activity coordinator and most of our kids have never even heard of chinese jump rope. A pity to say the least. i found this to be very interesting i do remember the touching the ground and twisting though.
To pugnace on DISH …
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To pugnace on DISH DISH, D-I-S-H, DISH, D-I-S-H. When you messed up, you figured out what you actually messed up on, the word DISH, the letter D, I, S, or H. If you messed up on the letter D, you had to jump something that was like Double Dutch, only I forget what it was called – It’s like Double Dutch, but the enders turned the rope the opposite direction. You would count how many times you jumped till you messed up. (The person who got the highest number won the round) If you messed up on the letter I, the two double dutch ropes would be held flat along the ground by the enders, and they would move them together, then apart, then together. You would jump and land with your legs together when the ropes were apart, and then jump and land with your legs apart when the ropes were together, again counting until you mess up. If you messed up on the letter S, you got to jump with just a single rope, but on “Speedies” — which was really fast. If you messed up on the letter H, you got to jump with just a single rope, but it was held high off the ground (as high as the enders could hold it, really). If you messed up on DISH – you got to choose which one you wanted to do. Hope that helps!
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Thanks for all of the great information. I think I finally have enough information for my Girl Scout Brownie Troop. I have been racking my brain trying to remember how we played Chinese jumprope. It was about to drive me nuts. Thanks for giving me my memory back. At 46 the game was really under some cobwebs!! What a relief!! Now if I could just remember some of the rhymes we sang. All I can remember is: “I like coffee, I like tea, I’d like (name) to jump in with me me” That is when there are two jumpers. Is that Double Dutch? We played this kind of jumprope in Miami Fla in the 60’s.
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The rich man, poor man, beggar man, theif… jump rope song that I remember goes… Gypsie, gypsie Rosa Lee Tell me what my husband gonna be Is it rich man, poor man, beggar man, theif doctor, lawyer, indian cheif. And you continued chanting the “occupations” until you missed and that is what your husband was going to be.
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About Chinese Jumprope-…
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About Chinese Jumprope- you can make one easily, all you need is a whole bunch of rubber bands. Just connect them together in a string, then tie the ends together. This can be used for cat’s cradle and those games, too… And if it breaks, all you need to do is put on a new rubber band!