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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 ...

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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 ...

There was a time when kids spent summer evenings out on the sidewalk, practicing tricks with their jump ropes. With all the smartphones and video games in their lives today, they could use a reminder ...

SPRING LAKE, Mich. — In the basement of Spring Lake’s First Baptist Church, 85-year-old Newly Chadwick settles into his routine. “Gotta get them good and tight,” said Chadwick as he stretched strips ...

Jumping rope might have been your go-to activity during fourth-grade gym class, but this simple piece of equipment is actually one of the best-kept secrets of the fitness world. And it’s not just for ...

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 ...

The video is mesmerizing, if a bit noisy: Moving in a figure-eight pattern, elementary school students hop over a jump rope with perfect timing, setting a new Guinness World Record with an incredible ...