PARADE. >> LET’S SEE HOW SOME OF THE KANGAROO KIDS ARE PREPARING. >> THESE ATHLETES MAKE JPUM ROPING LOOK EASY BUT THEIR COACH WILL TELL YOU IT TAKES PLENTY OF PRACTICE TO BE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ...

Every day at recess, Azhnay Williams practices her cartwheels. But the fourth-grader at Lancaster's Wharton Elementary School isn't turning head-over-heels in an ordinary way. She's flipping through a ...

Long before Peloton products, kettlebells and Pilates machines became a part of your workout arsenal, your go-to exercise equipment might have been nothing more than a basic jump rope. As kids, ...

STEWARTVILLE — They say a flapping butterfly can affect the weather in another part of the globe. Imagine the impact of 400 elementary students all jumping rope on the same day. Central Intermediate ...

Jumping rope isn't all fun and games at Mineola Elementary. The school has one of the top jump roping teams in the nation. The kids practice their special tricks every day. All of the kids can jump ...

In a blur of coordination, a team of 14 students blew away the old record for most skips through a single jump rope in one minute. The video is mesmerizing, if a bit noisy: Moving in a figure-eight ...

The Tucson Twist-Its are teaming with USA Jump Rope to host a first-ever, all-star jump-rope workshop. The workshop, open to all ages, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The private lessons, from ...

Since 1978, participants of the American Heart Association's national fundraiser, Jump Rope for Heart, have raised money for heart and stroke research. At Bethany Elementary School, the Bobcats ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Jumping rope is a fun form of exercise that you probably remember fondly of doing as a child, but, ...

While the term “jump rope” often conjures up images of kids playing on the blacktop during recess, the schoolyard staple is having something of a renaissance in fitness circles. Long considered a toy ...