juneau jumpers jump rope practice team

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Over 30 years I began my jump rope career as part of the Juneau Jumpers in Juneau, AK. I’m currently spending Christmas and New Years up in Alaska and last week I had the opportunity to teach the current Juneau Jumpers team. Not just teach, I was asked to also give some history of the team. I will never forget the reason I decided to start jumping rope. My PE teacher, Coach Berry, decided to bring a jump rope team from Colorado up to Juneau and put on some shows at all the schools. I remember watching that show and deciding that I wanted toRead More →

Jump Rope Curriculum Launched at Oklahoma AHPERD

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I’m excited to announce that we launched our brand new jump rope curriculum at the Oklahoma AHPERD conference on Monday! I was invited to teach a workshop session for the PE teachers that were in attendance (along with a number of students from the University of Central Oklahoma). I love hanging around PE Teachers since they tend to be a rather high energy group to start with and they’re as passionate about physical activity as I am. I took the opportunity to teach them some of the activities that we cover in our jump rope curriculum that is now available here at Jump Rope Secrets.Read More →

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If you’re running a jump rope team, creating a mentorship program is a great way to maximize the learning potential for your jumpers. While we were filming our PE curriculum and Team information, one topic that Coach Hager and I focused on is the idea that assigning an older jumper to each new skipper on your team can do wonders for both of them. Coach Hager has been using this on his team for years. We never had a set version of this on the team I was part of, though we did utilize some of the concepts in teaching newer jumpers. However, a fewRead...

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