The concept of multiple unders is fairly straight forward; the rope goes under your feet multiple times in a single jump. As simple as it sounds, it would actually require severe timing coordination of your hands and feet, and consume lots of practice. Unless you are skipping quadriple unders or higher, I can say that timing is more important than how fast you turn the rope or how high you jump.
Double Under
There are not many things that I could say about double under. It is too simple to explain.
However I do have one suggestion. Before even you hold the rope, you should jump and clap twice in the air.
This exercise really helps with the timing and a hand-foot coordination. All you have to do is to
replace claps with sounds of rope slicing the air.
You should practice double under until you could do it with your shoulders relaxed.
Double Crossover
Double Crossover is exactly the same as it sounds, doing the entire crossover manouveir in one jump.
- start with a double under.
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When the rope is right above your head, cross your hands.
- The rope passes under your feet at this point.
- After forming a cross, turn wrists once in the opposite direction from the original rotation, so that the rope goes above your head.
- Your hands should be open all the way by the time the rope passes under your feet.
- Repeat steps 2 to 4.
Double Continuous Cross
Double continuous cross is a pretty hard trick. You have to stay in the awkward position
with hands crossed the whole time and yet still have to turn the rope twice in one jump.
- Start with a double under.
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When the rope is right above your head, cross your hands.
- The rope passes under your feet at this point.
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Turn your wrists in the opposite direction from the original rotation and keep going with it.
- Make sure that you turn your wrists twice in one jump.
Triple Under
Triple under is so many times harder than double under and is far more energy-sonsuming.
However the same clapping exercise as the one used in double under could be applied to triple
under as well. Only this time, clap three times in one jump instead of two claps in one jump.
Triple under requires a huge space under feet and so if want to, you can bend your knee as much
as you want.
The final goal for doing triple under should be to skip it multiple times and be able to relax your shoulders while doing so. As you can see in the image, I still have a pair of tightened up shoulders when it comes to doing triples.
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