![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() Two players face each other standing 9 feet (3 m) apart, and position the rope around their ankles so that it is taut. ![]() Traditional Chinese jump ropes are strings of rubber bands tied together, but today many varieties of commercial rope exist. 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. German-speaking children call Chinese jump rope gummitwist and British children call it elastics. In the 1960s, children in the Western hemisphere adapted the game. Various moves (creation of positions or figures) are combined to create patterns which are often accompanied by chants.Ĭhinese jump rope combines the skills of hopscotch with some of the patterns from the hand-and-string game cat's cradle. Chinese jump rope (Chinese: 跳皮筋 pinyin: tiàopíjīn), also known as Chinese ropes, jumpsies, elastics (British English: Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain), yoki (Canada), Super Cali (Newfoundland), French skipping, American ropes/Chinese ropes (in Scotland), (in German) gummitwist, "jeu de l elastique" in France and Chinese garter in the Philippines is a children's game resembling hopscotch and jump rope. ![]()
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