Hi – I’m french and doesn’t know enough about the jacks… I know there is a little song like “jack be nimble , jack be quick , jack jump over the candlestick”. But I don’t understand WHY the song says the jack is jumping while most of the evidences I read here say you pick-up the jack on the ground before the ball bounced … I guess I miss something in-between 🙂
By denise woncisz on Monday, January 24, 2000 – 01:49 pm: Hello- fellow Brooklynites, Remember the dangerous games (toys) like Click-Clacks (guaranteed concussion, or spiritual revelation), and the digestibly lethal Super Elastic Bubble Plastic (that we all chewed)? Did they even have federal agencies to stop these things before they came to the market back then? We lived through them, so I guess all is well. Peace-out, Denise
To clumsy at double-dutch: Fret not. The key is to keep the beat (time) with your right (or left) foot. Shake your hips to that beat from left to right. When you’re doing this, it helps you to swing first the left rope then the right. Also those double-dutch songs were made for a reason… to help you keep the beat. When you have to stop suddenly in the song both rope-turners jointly swing both the ropes over like a single jump rope then pull them apart to continue in double dutch. The best and least painful rope to use was clothes line. The more painful (for mistakes) and easiest to get tangled in was telephone wire. To Chinese jump rope flashbackees: Yes I remember playing that, too. IS 62, where it seemed like a game of Twisters with rubber bands. It was a cool game.
Wonderful discussion. I never have jumped rope, but could vision you all as i read your stories. I am looking for video footage of little girls doing double dutch or chinese ropes. mpeg, avi, .mov, dosent matter what format. I have searched and searched. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks. KB