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 ...

On a weeknight in a mirrored room with track lights, a crowd jumps to the beat. Pop music reverberates off the walls. The mirrors fog up. The crowd bops and does fancy moves, such as the criss-cross, ...

Once thought of as a game for kids to play on the schoolyard, these days, it's no secret that jumping rope has serious health benefits. Jumping rope torches calories (up to 300 in 15 minutes!), ...

BALTIMORE -- Howard County, Maryland-based precision jump rope team Kangaroo Kids has been competing and performing for 45 years, from local elementary schools to University of Maryland halftime shows ...

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 ...

The American Heart Association, advocates heart and brain health for all, recommends that kids and teens (ages six-17) get at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.

SPRING LAKE, Mich. — In the basement of Spring Lake’s First Baptist Church, 85-year-old Newly Chadwick settles into his routine. “Gotta get them good and tight,” said Chadwick as he stretched strips ...

While the term “jump rope” often conjures up images of kids playing on the blacktop during recess, the schoolyard staple is having something of a renaissance in fitness circles. Long considered a toy ...

PARADE. >> LET’S SEE HOW SOME OF THE KANGAROO KIDS ARE PREPARING. >> THESE ATHLETES MAKE JPUM ROPING LOOK EASY BUT THEIR COACH WILL TELL YOU IT TAKES PLENTY OF PRACTICE TO BE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ...

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 ...