for fun and exercise
The answere is that the Victorians use a skipping rope exactly how we use it. But in those days the skipping rope was made of rough wool and wooden handles.
Skipping rope includes the participle form of to skip. It is a pastime or exercise. The rope used is sometimes hyphenated skipping-rope and is a common noun.
Skipping
It is a rope that is made long enough so the person or people canturn it to a full circle and that person jumps over it. It is also known as a skipping rope.
jumping a rope ( gives you stamina as well)
Jeffries Skipping the Rope - 1901 was released on: USA: December 1901
Gravity and momentum.
No, stacking skips does not increase your chances of winning in a game of skipping rope.
Choose a rope appropriate to your size. ... It also helps if the rope isn't too light. Skipping rope is done with the feet together, pressing through the toes, but can be modified to create an excellent
Jump...with the rope...
Bob Melson has written: 'Rope skipping for fun and fitness' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Rope skipping
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