We ended up going to TKD mid-day on Friday instead of our usual weekday night routine. What's cool about this is that the class size is significantly smaller and you get a lot more individual attention and the chance to ask questions way more readily. Not that we don't receive enough attention during a normal class. It's just what comes with the territory with smaller class sizes.
Part of the warm up routine during the mid-day classes is jumping rope for 4-5 minutes. We don't do this in the evening classes probably due to lack of space. Back when I was a kid, I used to do that Jump Rope For Heart fundraiser and I could jump rope for minutes on end w/o missing a single beat. Apparently it isn't just like riding a bike because I have difficulties and end up catching the rope in my toes. We use those plastic speed jumping ropes in class that don't seem to have much weight to them. I never jumped rope in bare feet when I was a kid either.
We've gone to these mid-day classes several times before. Apparently my frustration with the jump rope was starting to show because the instructor actually stopped us all and gave us a few pointers. The idea is to move ONLY your wrists instead of your whole arm or even just from your elbows. By moving only your wrists, the rope has a tendency to hit the ground about 6-8 inches in front of your feet instead of further out. When it hits the ground further out, it has a tendency to bounce up and catch your feet and/or toes. When I specifically concentrated on this aspect of the rope jumping, I kept way better rhythm and had fewer "toe catches".
Who knew that jumping rope could actually have a technique to it that I would have to concentrate on in order to do better. Crazy.
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So when are you gonna start teaching cardio classes ;)
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