Beginning Jump Rope

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12/21/2007, Beginning Jump Rope, Version 2

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Keep beginning sessions short to avoid frustration and soreness, you'll learn faster because muscle memory will take over.
Learn to land soft from the beginning to avoid joint impact.
Think of each leg as an articulated spring extending from toes to top of hipbone.
After damping the landing, jump immediately; don't recover and then jump.
Form a platform between the ball of your foot and your toes. You land on the ball and the toes provide balance
The higher you extend the back of your foot, the more agility you have.
Once you learn to jump with two feet together, experiment with hopping side to side slightly as if you were parallel skiing.
Try catching the beat in your hips instead of your feet.
Begin learning to alternate feet, then do multiples on each foot. Once you can alternate doing two jumps on each foot, you can basically "dance" to almost any song.
When introducing something new, just do it briefly and infrequently, your muscle memory will take over and gradually you'll just incorporate the move automatically

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