Chinese jump rope

Chinese jump rope (Chinese: 跳皮筋; pinyin: tiàopíjīn), also known as Chinese ropes, jumpsies,[1] elastics (British English: Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain),[1] rek (South Africa), yoki (Canada),[1] Super Cali (Newfoundland), French skipping,[2] American ropes/Chinese ropes (in Scotland),[3][4] (in German) gummitwist,[1] "jeu de l elastique" in France and Chinese garter in the Philippines is a children's[5] game resembling hopscotch and jump rope.

[6] Various moves (creation of positions or figures) are combined to create patterns which are often accompanied by chants.

Chinese jump rope combines the skills of hopscotch with some of the patterns from the hand-and-string game cat's cradle.

The game is typically played in a group of at least 3 players with a rope approximately 16 feet (5 m) in length tied into a circle.

The third player stands between the two sides of the rope and tries to perform a designated series of moves without making an error or pausing.

The third player (the jumper) stands between the two sides of the rope and must accomplish a series of increasingly difficult moves without making an error.

The position of the string is raised as the jumper moves through the levels,[7] from ankle to waist height and higher.

[13]The game begins with choosing the jump pattern to follow and with the holders holding the rubberband around their ankles.

When the rope gets too high for a normal person to jump over it, the player then kneels and uses his or her hands instead.

These levels often have specific names, such as the "roller coaster," which is a crisscrossed rope that is higher at one end than the other.

one, two, three, four... (circa 4th grade, 2004, California, USA) The following pattern is from the Keystone Folklore Quarterly (1966):

This is repeated five times, facing each direction (front and back).Step 3: In the third step, the rope must be fixed so that one side is higher than the other.