BEIJING—Chinese parents spend dearly on private tutoring for their children to get a jump on national math and language exams, the gateway to advancement and a better life. Susan Zhang, a 34-year-old ...

Many Chinese parents are enrolling their children in jump rope schools that cost $50 an hour in the hopes of landing scholarships through China’s national jump rope exams. No longer a playground ...

Students at Lee Elementary jump around with world champion rope-skipper Nick Woodard In a presentation that combined lessons about hard work and teamwork with high-flying jump-rope action, 14-time ...

If you think jumping rope is for “girls in their skirts, jumping on a playground,” Alysia Mattson suggests you reconsider. “It’s way more of a badass sport than that,” the 28-year-old Seattle ...

When the cold weather and lack of sunshine test your exercise motivation, having easy, accessible exercise tools on hand can increase your chances of actually getting in a workout. The easier it is to ...

A jump rope is a simple, portable tool that lets you do a cardio workout in a small space. But if you find plain old jumping to be boring, consider treating jump rope as a skill, like dancing. We’ve ...

The Tucson Twist-Its are teaming with USA Jump Rope to host a first-ever, all-star jump-rope workshop. The workshop, open to all ages, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The private lessons, from ...

LEE — Nick Woodard stands in the gym at Lee Elementary School with both ends of a jump-rope in his hands. Before he really shows off what he can do, he needs to know something first: How much energy ...