Our local jump-rope team, the Palpitating Panthers, has traveled to the AAU Junior Olympic Games and the USAJRF Nationals for Jump Rope competitions. It has been in existence for 17 years.

Thirty-six members of the Heartbeats Jump Rope Team traveled to the Gulf of Mexico to compete in the 2009 U.S. National Jump Rope Championship held June 25-28 at the Galveston Island Convention ...

"I first got into it (jump rope) when I was 10 years old and saw a performance at my elementary school," said Mike Fry, an emcee for the competition. "I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever ...

It was a strange sight — a gym full of elementary students sitting on the floor in rapt silence. The only sound was the slap of two jump ropes on the floor, alternating double dutch, and two ...

More than 1,200 student athletes from all around the world are in Colorado Springs this week for the World Jump Rope Championships. Ed Robson Arena is hosting a trio of tournaments as part of this ...

Don't laugh: Jumping rope someday may be an Olympic sport. If you saw the Kangaroo Kids' recent demonstration at the Frelinghuysen Middle School, you understand why.

Dylan Wang at a practice session leading up to the American Jump Rope Federation National Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the 4-day competition a week later Dylan and his teammates from ...

• Plain Dealer, Aug. 7, 2007: Heartbeats hoping to win world jump-rope title • Heartbeats team Web site • Rope Skipping championship siteWhat Robbie Csontos plans to do at next week's ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Confident Girl Mentoring Program hosted its annual jump rope competition, book bag, and food giveaway on Saturday. It was held at Gerard Place from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The ...

Every January, the best rope jumpers from around the country head to Bloomer. Students in grades 1-8 will be competing in the rope jump competition this weekend. Hundreds of the top rope jumpers ...

Most Versatile Speed Rope: Rogue Fitness SR-2 Speed Rope 3.0. While the SR-2 3.0 is not my favorite speed rope, it’s still one of the best jump ropes available today. The ergonomic handle and durable ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A group called Confident Girl Mentoring held its Jump 4 Confidence jump rope competition on Saturday on Bailey Avenue. The competition was free for all boys and girls between the ...