When we were in Thailand 5 years ago, I remember watching the little girls play a jump roping game. It was AMAZING to watch! Happily, the girls this weekend played the jump rope game, and this time I got some pictures.
Apparently, the girls start out doing certain steps jumping over the rope back and forth, after each round the rope gets higher and higher. Eventually the girls must jump up and hook their feet on the rope, jumping over it, do their steps and jump out on the other side. What is most astounding is how high the girls can jump. Toward the end of the game the girls holding the rope are holding it above their heads and the girls can jump higher than their height to hook the rope. AMAZING!!! Puts my childhood, "teddy bear teddy bear turn around" to shame!!
This girl is "hooking" the rope with her toe and then jumping over the rope. If you can tell, the rope is about head high.
These girls literally look like they are flying through the air as they jump and hook the rope. 
Here is the first girl again, and she is really impressive!
2 comments:
Wow!
Unbelievable! Guess with activities like that, they don't have to worry about weight problems in their kids like we do here. Maybe we need a little Chinese-style games!
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