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 ...

Howard County-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 to the Macy’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The American Heart Association has, for more than 30 years, been bringing heart health awareness to kids in schools across the country via its Jump Rope for Heart event, which is revving up now at ...

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — In just a few weeks, some of Maryland's own Kangaroo Kids Jump Rope Team will represent the USA and take on new rivals at the International Jump Rope Union's World Jump Rope ...

On a 90-degree July afternoon inside a karate studio in West Seattle, there was no AC, just a handful of struggling box fans. That wasn't slowing down the 44 kids, aged 7 to 17, who whipped ropes ...

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WJAR) — When students at the Mercymount Country Day school in Cumberland learned that a new jump rope club was starting, they jumped on board. “Any interest that children have in any ...

Since 1978, participants of the American Heart Association's national fundraiser, Jump Rope for Heart, have raised money for heart and stroke research. At Bethany Elementary School, the Bobcats ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Jumping rope is a fun form of exercise that you probably remember fondly of doing as a child, but, ...