I too was somewhat uncordinated at double dutch. I could do it, but never as a regular thing – it was hit and miss. now regular jumprope was different, as was chinese jump rope. (recently bouthg one for my niece, made out of elastic rope. not like the rubber band ones we used. Oh last post, wanted to know what it was called when you were turning the rope. Are you talking about “ender”. does anfyone remember when you played teams and fhad someone who wasn’t good jumping and they had to be “steady ender”.

Being rather uncoordinated, Chinese jumprope was just my cup of tea! We did the colored-rubberbands knotted together thing and went through a series of “moves,” always in sets of ten. But despite my inherent clumsiness, I still loved regular jumprope because I loved the chanting– “Keep the kettle boiling, have to be on time” with the continuous flow of girls through the turning rope… “Ice cream soda with a cherry on top/What’s the first initial of your sweetheart/Is it A, B, C….” Sigh…. no wonder I was skinny then…..