They make it look so easy but I know it's one of the hardest things in the world. In elementary school, I remember the girls would challenge the boys to try and it was just too hard for all of us. This is truly an art form that takes skill and precision.
CzarJuliusIII I’m going to perform at a school tomorrow double dutching, once you get the hang of it, it’s really really easy, I just joined double Dutch in the beginning of the school year and I’m on the traveling team
don't feel bad. I am a girl and I could not do it. I barely managed to do just simple jump rope and one other simple move. doube dutch is pure nutz. i have admiration for them!
Yea fun in elementary school i think, but i still got whacked from the rope here and there anyways. Maybe i was quicker cause i was young ( still hurt though) be like deciding for like 3-5 mins if i wanna jump in 😂😂😂 someone else was like "move it or lose it puss".
Growing up in Brooklyn, NY in the late 1940s I clearly remember watching with awe and amazement, young black girls doing incredible double dutch rope skipping in the street. In those days of de-facto segregation, the white neighborhood and black neighborhood were divided by one street. These were the days before play dates and scripted after school activities. We were regularly sent out to the street to play where we spent many unsupervised hours. We would often stand on the street that was the dividing line and watch the (mostly) girls our age (7 to about 13 years old) doing their amazing double dutch routines with the greatest of ease. No one on the white side of the dividing line ever attempted this sport. We wouldn't even have known how to begin.
Hey Alexander, Thanks for these. Some of them are the way I remember classic double dutch; the top part of the body is still and the legs and feet move (and do they ever.) The others are new to me, more show biz.
amycello They did. Don't you just hate the shit that our lives had to put up with? Damn, we were kids. I'm talking south. It was probably better than northerners wanted to admit, back then. As kids, our parents housed and loved us all. Parents down here cared about their kid's friends and their families. Good year for Mom, Dad; was good year for us all. ViceVerca! It's the children that mean the most!
Double dutch championship has been around since i was young, i was on a double dutch team when i was younger, im glad to see that jumping double Dutch has not been forgotten
Wow.. The more things change, the more they stay the same !!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember doing this as a girl. I did it all, double dutch, hot peppers, etc. and as a girl in school, I was the local champion. In that day, there were no international championships like this. We just jumped for joy! Now, youth is gone, I am 55, and watch and remember the joy of jumping, no pain, all energy and I can retreat in my mind to my girlhood days. "Apple Core, Baltimore "- almost feeling the sting of a rope
They weren't going any faster than the ones after them they just look stiff doing it those so called Negros was doing it with ease making it look easy watch the whole video towards the end. LOL
I'm 40 I remember in elementary school I wanted to double Dutch I was afraid to jump in the ropes. I love how double Dutch is a competition and the routines that can be done doing this activity.
I still ADMIRE anyone who is able (or even if you used to do this when you were younger). The jumpers make it look easy, but I know that it takes a LOT of work to do what they can do (and I’m not even talking about those that can do all the fancy tricks WHILE still double dutching! Kudos to them all! And it’s awesome to see the young men in there (when I was growing up, I only remember seeing ONE young guy who was able to hang with the girls). I know that’s gonna make me sound old 🤦🏾♀️
one dutch two dutch queens of the double dutch we skip better than you by that much what our feet our moves are sweet our double dutching won't be beat.
I couldn't do this if I wanted too. I would give myself black eyes for sure lol. I just don't have this kind of energy, never had. its definitely fun to watch
The 2nd team in yellow actually got my lazy ass off the couch just to stand up , clap my hands and cheer them on! You go with your bad ass selves - you ladies kick ass! Loved it .
It feels great to be part of one of the only teams that have been able to defeat the Japanese in freestyle & the ONLY team to date that has been able to defeat the Japanese after they learned a little something about speed. Not knocking the Japanese or anything like that.. they are definitely an extremely strong team.. It just makes me proud that we.. Stan's Pepper Steppers can still hold it down, represent for the Americans & bring 1st place, Top Doubles Speed Jumps & Best Overall Doubles Team of 2013 titles back to Far Rockaway NY. With that said best wishes from a current World Champion goes out to all teams competing in the 2014 ADDL World Invitational Championship. Ready your ropes.. Get set.. TIMER!!!
Loved doing this at break time at school in the 1980s. When I say we did ‘this’ we weren’t quite the experts as these guys lol have a ton of fun doing it though!
When I was in 4th grade I was in a double dutch team after school. I learned how to double dutch (which is hard at first) then I was able to add jumping a single jump rope while jumping double dutch. That was so much fun. My 6th grade teacher had me show the class then we put on a performance during a halftime basketball game. I don't know if I could do it again though as that was 40 years ago but it would be fun to try.
People do you know the concentration that you have to have in order to jump like that. Let me know that our kids can do anything if they really wanted to do something.👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿
I remember doing this (white girl here) back in 1969 early 70s and singing Kamalamea Beast Day and other soul music while we jumped during school recess. A bunch of Catholic school girls practicing cultural misappropriation! Became the foundation of my love for soul, funk, blues and African music.
Hi MyBadCats, I'm an African American female who grew up in the 1950s/1960s and I never learned how to jump double dutch. Also, I couldn't turn double dutch ropes worth a darn :o( My guess is that "Kamalamea Beast Day" in your comment refers to the rhyme/song that is called "Cumala Vista", Flea Fly Flow", "The Bee Sting" and other titles. Thanks for sharing that. I didn't know that song was used for double dutch jumping. You mentioned your race and the decades. Where was this? Also, I wouldn't call White girls jumping double dutch and/or singing double dutch songs (or any other R&B/Hip Hop songs) for their own entertainment to be cultural appropriation.
I strongly agree; I have seen the jump rope videos coming out of Japan and Asia and it is so much better and cooler and exciting. This style of American jump rope is very predictable and is getting long in the tooth.
clash5j Asians are very get at copying something and then making it better than the original. Take for instance when they start speaking African languages they speak it better than the natives themselves. I am like what?? That is how good they are when they pick up on something. Hahahaha
@@wajutiem08 I can't believe that statement. They can hardly speak the most sophisticated language on earth: english. Where'd you get this information?
@@eustace8520 I am just talking from my own experience and observation. I maybe wrong and so I stand corrected. I have seen more videos of Asians on YT and FB videos speaking African languages and Arabic than other racial groups. Take for example this Chinese speaking Swahili in China. th-cam.com/video/qk5I9U_2KY0/w-d-xo.html
I read a book about double Dutch in my reading group at my school and we watch a vid about this after we was done reading the book. They do that fast and on beat🙂
Funny story I once entered a sports competition a school I want to had every year and when they did double Dutch I went to 226 jumps I was dubbed the best in the whole town of having 7 other schools to challenge me
Looks to me like the rope turning is just as important as the person jumping. The jumpers have to keep off the ground at a set rhythm but the turners have to make sure the ropes are always coming at the same time. And I never realized that the ropes were going in opposite directions! There is no way I could do that! Much talent displayed here.
Double dotch is pretty hard . I'm telling you . Once i was on the street seeing a group playing double dutch , i wanted to check it out . First i thought it was easy , but man i screwed up many times .... even though i play single dutch very well . Just trying to get in the ropes was a big issue not to mention how you have to keep up with the rhythm the speed of the ropes when you're in ... This takes skills . Believe it ...
I could remember my sister yelling at me when I was a kid cause I didnt turn the rope right. I do know when u jump in that rope hits you. You learn how to jump into fast. Use to play in the fire hybrid
I don't know why but doubledutch just came into my head. I remember back in the 1950s seeing the mostly black girls do this. Sometimes there were White girls joining in but most of the time it was extremely talented black girls and I really enjoyed watching them. I did try a couple times to no avail. LOL
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Double Dutch is so underrated. Like this is amazing what they do, but no one talks about them
I loved this shit. Known about it for a long time.
Movie jump exists
Right! This should be an Olympic event!
@@1Nida I was thinking the exact same thing. If this isn't sport, nothing is.
Yes it is.
They make it look so easy but I know it's one of the hardest things in the world. In elementary school, I remember the girls would challenge the boys to try and it was just too hard for all of us. This is truly an art form that takes skill and precision.
CzarJuliusIII I’m going to perform at a school tomorrow double dutching, once you get the hang of it, it’s really really easy, I just joined double Dutch in the beginning of the school year and I’m on the traveling team
don't feel bad. I am a girl and I could not do it. I barely managed to do just simple jump rope and one other simple move. doube dutch is pure nutz. i have admiration for them!
Yea fun in elementary school i think, but i still got whacked from the rope here and there anyways. Maybe i was quicker cause i was young ( still hurt though) be like deciding for like 3-5 mins if i wanna jump in 😂😂😂 someone else was like "move it or lose it puss".
Yeah I just thought I did not see.
And what about Practice. Yeah Darryl just asking.
I can't even walk without tripping.
+Ninten Onett I can't even type withoutowejf..a.dfjad.f a&$v3f8
+Ninten Onett I hear ya..Ha ha
Lucas Layton
LOL!!!!
ru lying 2 me?
Double Dutch is one of the most amazing athletic arts! This would make an incredibly fun and skilled addition to the Olympics for a trial sport.
I totally agree!
@@mfar3016I agree with that
I taught my kindergarten class how to skip double dutch. It's so important for those of my generation to keep these games going.
Exactly! I teach double dutch to my high school students and kids. We have so much fun!
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We use to have sooooooooooooo much fun in the 1980's early 90's double dutching......omg....this is memories.
I could do it in middle school but that was a loooonnngggg time ago!
First, you have to learn how to jump in without messing up. It's harder than it looks; BELIEVE THAT!
Omg soo true
***** you must not have grown up doing this. it's not hard to get in at all.
True
+caskett ology How does one even stand
+caskett ology Oh, i believe that. Looks so much fun though,
Makes me remember how fun childhood was in the 80's and 90's!
How old are you?
+23Fulani I went to school in Atlanta in the 80's. This was every day at recess.
Even in the early 2000s I saw girls play doubledutch at recess.
@@jnyerere I was in elementary school in the late 2000s and I had a lot fun learning to doubledutch
How did I get here!!!??.............just kidding, I don't know why but I searched double Dutch.
Malcazar89 Impractical Jokers
Malcazar89 omg same but i was hoping for the dance move from impractical jokers XD
Chemistry. An analogy got me here.
I'm here to source rhythmic samples
Youd be surprised what jumpin 2 ropes will teach. Its not for the occasional walker or jogger.
Growing up in Brooklyn, NY in the late 1940s I clearly remember watching with awe and amazement, young black girls doing incredible double dutch rope skipping in the street. In those days of de-facto segregation, the white neighborhood and black neighborhood were divided by one street. These were the days before play dates and scripted after school activities. We were regularly sent out to the street to play where we spent many unsupervised hours. We would often stand on the street that was the dividing line and watch the (mostly) girls our age (7 to about 13 years old) doing their amazing double dutch routines with the greatest of ease. No one on the white side of the dividing line ever attempted this sport. We wouldn't even have known how to begin.
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Hey Alexander, Thanks for these. Some of them are the way I remember classic double dutch; the top part of the body is still and the legs and feet move (and do they ever.) The others are new to me, more show biz.
amycello They did. Don't you just hate the shit that our lives had to put up with? Damn, we were kids. I'm talking south. It was probably better than northerners wanted to admit, back then. As kids, our parents housed and loved us all. Parents down here cared about their kid's friends and their families. Good year for Mom, Dad; was good year for us all. ViceVerca! It's the children that mean the most!
Texas white girls double dutch.. Lol.
Wait, what? White people didn't used to double dutch? This is news to me
Even the ones swinging the ropes are talented
Who’s here today in 2024
Me and I got NO muhfuckin clue why bro😂😂😂😂
me
I could watch double dutch all damn day.
This breaks the laws of physics and goes straight into the laws of awesome
True
The speed ones are so fasinatting
Hypnotic
Double dutch championship has been around since i was young, i was on a double dutch team when i was younger, im glad to see that jumping double Dutch has not been forgotten
Kudos not only to the jumpers, but to the turners too!!!!
FACTUALLLLLL 💪🏽🦾
(from Bolivia) a true, American, inner city sport ! More attention please
i got here cause i remembered my childhood.
i was doing this with my cousins when i was 11 or 10'. we we're so happy everytime we fail
I look at this and see the hours of sweat and tears it took to get to this level of skill. The precision involved is incredible. Just wow.
Wow.. The more things change, the more they stay the same !!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember doing this as a girl. I did it all, double dutch, hot peppers, etc. and as a girl in school, I was the local champion. In that day, there were no international championships like this. We just jumped for joy! Now, youth is gone, I am 55, and watch and remember the joy of jumping, no pain, all energy and I can retreat in my mind to my girlhood days. "Apple Core, Baltimore "- almost feeling the sting of a rope
This is incredible!!! The girl in yellow was in a trance, in the zone! I don't think I could work the ropes never mind skip between them!
i thought they are going pretty fast in 0:30 but then i saw the asians behind them :D
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They weren't going any faster than the ones after them they just look stiff doing it those so called Negros was doing it with ease making it look easy watch the whole video towards the end. LOL
@@rodneyw51 watch at 1:22 that asian did it so effortlessly
@@songszmusic no rythm so stiff looking like robots like they were concentrating my point was the so called Negros made it look easy.
Ashan PrinceofPower still can do it better than you could so why complain bitchboy
Brilliant for fun, team work, coordination, fitness, laughter. A winning combination!!!!
I searched this and didn’t realize how much I’d enjoy watching this
SO Dope!! I love you FBA!!! Creator's of it all!!!!
I'm 40 I remember in elementary school I wanted to double Dutch I was afraid to jump in the ropes. I love how double Dutch is a competition and the routines that can be done doing this activity.
I think jumping in was the worst bit, once in there it wasn't so bad!
Me too. Scared of getting whipped in the face
It’s me but I see more difficult moving the ropes than jumping them
Never learned :-( ...still amazing to watch at any age!
I still ADMIRE anyone who is able (or even if you used to do this when you were younger). The jumpers make it look easy, but I know that it takes a LOT of work to do what they can do (and I’m not even talking about those that can do all the fancy tricks WHILE still double dutching! Kudos to them all! And it’s awesome to see the young men in there (when I was growing up, I only remember seeing ONE young guy who was able to hang with the girls). I know that’s gonna make me sound old 🤦🏾♀️
I remember back in the day, I loved doing the doubledutch,
Man nfl and nba players need this choppy feet drill my goodness
I miss my childhood so much man. I used to do speed jumping and it’s no damn joke.
Wow they did amazing I did not know they had competition like this great job
one dutch two dutch queens of the double dutch we skip better than you by that much what our feet our moves are sweet our double dutching won't be beat.
lol i was scrolling through the comments to see if anyone had commented that yet
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT
After several months intense training I could watch the whole video in one go
Brings back memories of being a kid in the 90s, Everyone I I knew played double dutch.
Yoooooo. This unlocked a core memory. Double Dutch is the SHOT. and that's on periodT 💅
It’s 2022 and I’m sitting here high af thinking about the good ole days
What an amazing performances! Must have taken years of relentless training to achieve that level of athleticism...
Absolute legends- every one of them!
I couldn't do this if I wanted too. I would give myself black eyes for sure lol. I just don't have this kind of energy, never had. its definitely fun to watch
Wow wow wow I watch 9 years later
This brings me back to elementary school, watching the girls tear it up and singing along too lol us guys sucked we couldnt even jump in haha
The 2nd team in yellow actually got my lazy ass off the couch just to stand up , clap my hands and cheer them on! You go with your bad ass selves - you ladies kick ass! Loved it .
Fantastic ladies wow! Greetings from Germany!
I was a turner not jumper and it was jus as hard as jumping coach ms digs Maddie us go hard
I bet your arms were burning 🔥
It feels great to be part of one of the only teams that have been able to defeat the Japanese in freestyle & the ONLY team to date that has been able to defeat the Japanese after they learned a little something about speed. Not knocking the Japanese or anything like that.. they are definitely an extremely strong team.. It just makes me proud that we.. Stan's Pepper Steppers can still hold it down, represent for the Americans & bring 1st place, Top Doubles Speed Jumps & Best Overall Doubles Team of 2013 titles back to Far Rockaway NY. With that said best wishes from a current World Champion goes out to all teams competing in the 2014 ADDL World Invitational Championship. Ready your ropes.. Get set.. TIMER!!!
Holy crap!! That second girl in yellow….her focus is remarkable!!
I can do double dutch and also use a single skipping rope in it☺ But it was hard to learn it.
Former double dutcher here. Ooh for real I am so impressed excellent excellent
Amazing! At times it looks like their feet barely leave the foor, so talented 😊
Thanks for posting this video.
I use to love double Dutch at school
Everybody did a great job but japan you guys were awesome!! Loveeed it!
This is amazing as well as even fascinating and freaky. It looks easy but it's hard. Wow!
Loved doing this at break time at school in the 1980s. When I say we did ‘this’ we weren’t quite the experts as these guys lol have a ton of fun doing it though!
Definitely thought this was a lost art till I saw the world championships decades ago
This hits different after watching Jump In
I loved double dutch, 80's baby in Watts, California....good ole days
I love it!! It’s so awesome to see! 😊
This should be an Olympic event
That looks hard. Good on them for all the training they do.
God I would LOVE to watch this in person. I can barely stand still without almost falling
When I was in 4th grade I was in a double dutch team after school. I learned how to double dutch (which is hard at first) then I was able to add jumping a single jump rope while jumping double dutch. That was so much fun. My 6th grade teacher had me show the class then we put on a performance during a halftime basketball game. I don't know if I could do it again though as that was 40 years ago but it would be fun to try.
I couldn't DO THIS if I TRIED...LOL...but I love watching this...
good lord you ladies freaking rock. wow what skill and ability these teams are on point with each other. way to go
I love double Dutch!!!! Back in the day “Get the ropes” cardio
These people aren’t human. I can barely walk and these people out here just--✋😭 this is why I don’t leave my house
People do you know the concentration that you have to have in order to jump like that. Let me know that our kids can do anything if they really wanted to do something.👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿
So glad I grew up when I did. I use to cartwheel my way Into the rope. I’m wondering if I could get a rope from the telephone man still? #brooklyn
Cartwheeled in? Holy moly, I'd love to see that! Sheeeesh.
0:51 *when you wake up late and you miss class*
I can’t believe I found this gem
I remember doing this (white girl here) back in 1969 early 70s and singing Kamalamea Beast Day and other soul music while we jumped during school recess. A bunch of Catholic school girls practicing cultural misappropriation! Became the foundation of my love for soul, funk, blues and African music.
Hi MyBadCats, I'm an African American female who grew up in the 1950s/1960s and I never learned how to jump double dutch. Also, I couldn't turn double dutch ropes worth a darn :o(
My guess is that "Kamalamea Beast Day" in your comment refers to the rhyme/song that is called "Cumala Vista", Flea Fly Flow", "The Bee Sting" and other titles. Thanks for sharing that. I didn't know that song was used for double dutch jumping. You mentioned your race and the decades. Where was this?
Also, I wouldn't call White girls jumping double dutch and/or singing double dutch songs (or any other R&B/Hip Hop songs) for their own entertainment to be cultural appropriation.
The African American girls used to be easily the best, but the Asians beat them nowadays sometimes. They are all amazing!
I strongly agree; I have seen the jump rope videos coming out of Japan and Asia and it is so much better and cooler and exciting. This style of American jump rope is very predictable and is getting long in the tooth.
@@tunghoilam2666 Eh, they all look pretty good. Each person's got their own tricks under their sleeve.
clash5j Asians are very get at copying something and then making it better than the original. Take for instance when they start speaking African languages they speak it better than the natives themselves. I am like what?? That is how good they are when they pick up on something. Hahahaha
@@wajutiem08 I can't believe that statement. They can hardly speak the most sophisticated language on earth: english. Where'd you get this information?
@@eustace8520 I am just talking from my own experience and observation. I maybe wrong and so I stand corrected. I have seen more videos of Asians on YT and FB videos speaking African languages and Arabic than other racial groups. Take for example this Chinese speaking Swahili in China. th-cam.com/video/qk5I9U_2KY0/w-d-xo.html
I read a book about double Dutch in my reading group at my school and we watch a vid about this after we was done reading the book. They do that fast and on beat🙂
Man I miss jumping rope!!! I couldn't do all the extras but man it was fun to just jump!
I was exhausted by the end of this video AND a bit dizzy 🥴
LOL 😂
Remembering my childhood in late 60s early 70s jump roping! Double Dutch also was fun! Wish in could still bdonit
They should put double dutch in the Summer Olympics.
This brings back some of my most fondness childhood memories in Williamsburg Housing Projects Brooklyn New York.
Funny story I once entered a sports competition a school I want to had every year and when they did double Dutch I went to 226 jumps I was dubbed the best in the whole town of having 7 other schools to challenge me
What kind of cookie would you like?
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That's ASMR sound right there I miss that sound
I remember back in the days this was our thing , growing up jumping double dutch when itvwas popular
Looks to me like the rope turning is just as important as the person jumping. The jumpers have to keep off the ground at a set rhythm but the turners have to make sure the ropes are always coming at the same time. And I never realized that the ropes were going in opposite directions! There is no way I could do that! Much talent displayed here.
it's surprising, but 2 new York police officers began this championship... believe it or not...
push it push it to the limit limit cuz we’re in it to win it in it to win it O YE
Just watching this made my feet ache. Awesome job!
Loved this since I was a kid. Think my timing would be better at telling jokes. THESE kids are amazing.
Double dotch is pretty hard . I'm telling you . Once i was on the street seeing a group playing double dutch , i wanted to check it out . First i thought it was easy , but man i screwed up many times .... even though i play single dutch very well . Just trying to get in the ropes was a big issue not to mention how you have to keep up with the rhythm the speed of the ropes when you're in ... This takes skills . Believe it ...
Wow, they're incredible.
I'm just speechless!!!!! Wow wow wow!
Such focus and concentration 🙂
Miss being in double dutch camp in Florida it was the best thing nationals twice Germany once
HOW do you get into the ropes....i think if i was able to get in (i've tried i can't) i'd be able to do it!!!
Lol - Japan was getting it.
This looks really funny and it's great exercise wow how do you do that
I used to love doing this when i was kid
I could remember my sister yelling at me when I was a kid cause I didnt turn the rope right.
I do know when u jump in that rope hits you.
You learn how to jump into fast.
Use to play in the fire hybrid
I don't know why but doubledutch just came into my head. I remember back in the 1950s seeing the mostly black girls do this. Sometimes there were White girls joining in but most of the time it was extremely talented black girls and I really enjoyed watching them. I did try a couple times to no avail. LOL
Props to yall I just started jumping rope for exercise purposes its not an easy thing to do