These kids know how to jump into action. Students skipped rope to raise money for the American Heart Society at the Jump Rope for Heart Jump-A-Thon at Sheepshead Bay’s PS 197 on Feb. 13. The ...

Long before Peloton products, kettlebells and Pilates machines became a part of your workout arsenal, your go-to exercise equipment might have been nothing more than a basic jump rope. As kids, ...

There was a time when kids spent summer evenings out on the sidewalk, practicing tricks with their jump ropes. With all the smartphones and video games in their lives today, they could use a reminder ...

Every day at recess, Azhnay Williams practices her cartwheels. But the fourth-grader at Lancaster's Wharton Elementary School isn't turning head-over-heels in an ordinary way. She's flipping through a ...

STEWARTVILLE — They say a flapping butterfly can affect the weather in another part of the globe. Imagine the impact of 400 elementary students all jumping rope on the same day. Central Intermediate ...