There’s jump rope, and then there’s double Dutch jump rope. “It’s jump rope and instead of one single rope, we’re jumping in the middle of 2 jump ropes,” LaDonna Reed said.

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David Fisher has wielded jump ropes to wow presidents, break world records, dazzle millions of students and even create a super hero. But he had never used them to save a life. In mid-December ...

Mr. Fisher’s three decades of double Dutch rope jumping came in handy, he said. In double Dutch, two so-called turners swing ropes around a jumper, and Mr. Fisher said he often practices ...

She reached out to a friend and asked if they could jump rope together. As a kid, Robinson remembers how integral double Dutch was, especially because her parents and her friends’ parents didn ...

“I just instinctively went right for my bag of jump ropes and pulled out the double Dutch ropes,” David said. “I headed out on the ice pond, and as I started to go out there, I could hear ...

“I just instinctively went right for my bag of jump ropes and pulled out the double-Dutch ropes,” Fisher told the outlet. “I headed out on the ice pond, and as I started to go out ...

David, who is a three-time world record jumping rope champion, told the outlet he immediately grabbed his Double Dutch ropes in an attempt to save the man. “I just instinctively went right for ...

David Fisher has wielded jump ropes to wow presidents ... 16-foot-long cloth ropes knotted at ends that he uses for double Dutch. He went out the backyard and garage, crossed the street and ...