History
Rope Skipping also known as Jump Rope be traced back to 1600 A.D. when the Egyptians used vines for jumping.
Many people associate jump roping with girls’ play, but history indicates that jump roping was originally a man’s game. Other countries call jumping rope, rope skipping.
Jump Rope is a competitive sport in over 38 countries and rope skipping organizations and clubs can be found almost anywhere.
Richard Cendali
Founder President
Harpal Singh Flora
Executive Vice President
Paul Feciura
Secretary-General
Sandile Ntombela
Incharge – Africa Continent
Dillon Betthel
Incharge – America Continent
Susan Kim
Incharge – Asia Continent
Andrey Kokoulin
Incharge – Europe Continent
Jasmine Taylor
Incharge – Oceania Continent
Paul Feciura
Incharge – Finance
Who is the founder of Rope Skipping?
The Rope Skipping / Jump Rope is a traditional time pass. There is no exact proof available in history, but some people believe that it was started in Egypt in 1600 B.C.
But in 1973 a sports coach from Colorado, USA Mr. Richard Cendali converted this pass-time game into a competitive sport. Now, this sport is popular in all the five continents of the world and training and competitions are being organised in more than 70 countries across the world.