My daughter is headed to Virgina Beach for the Junior Olympics next month…for Jump Rope!
She is a member of the Jumping Eagles, a group that began at Ute Meadows Elementary school in Littleton Colorado in 1992 and is open to children of all ages. There are 4 teams; A-D with the A team as the top kids in the program. This summer Jumping Eagles have participated in the National event in Galveston Texas, World Event this week in England and the Junior Olympics next week in Virginia Beach.
The D team is the introduction group to jump rope. The kids are taught 39 different tricks with a jump rope. Once a child masters the tricks they can try out for the C team. In order to advance to the B team, the child must be able to do 120 jumps in 1 minute with a speed rope. Several current Jumping Eagles hold world records for their times in speed and “double unders”. There are numerous different events to compete in including speed, “double unders” where you jump twice for each cycle of the rope, individual freestyle, pair’s routines, long rope tricks, Chinese Wheel routines and Double Dutch. Jump Rope is one of 18 different sports represented in the Junior Olympics.
Wow! Pretty amazing kids!
Sign me up (for a seat in the stands)…. Good luck to the Eagles.
Incredible young people….hard work and dedication
What a great group to be in! Fantastic!