David Fisher (18)

Cool Jump-Rope Tricks You Can Do! by David Fisher is a great book for learning jump basics and tricks. I enjoyed flipping through and looking at the steps for the tricks. Too bad I'm too old and fat to try them. I showed the book to the local elementary P.E. teacher and she was impressed with the layout and the variety of tricks. Color pictures would be nice for a future edition, just to catch the eye better. Overall, a great and informative book.

My teen got really excited about this one when it came in the mail. The illustrations are really helpful and the design of the book is great for laying flat when one is wanting to emulate the steps. One thing I think would make this better would be a gift pack with a jump rope included. They're very difficult to find, nowadays, and I think it would make an excellent gift idea for a grandparent to buy a grandchild if they were assured they would have a rope to jump with.

Who knew there was so much to learn about jump roping! I expected this book to be fun and it was, but I didn't know it would talk about some more technical aspects of jump roping too. I never knew that there was an importance to what kind and even what length of rope you use. This book can help you find both. I went through the book with my nine year old and she loved it. I think seven to twelve is the perfect age range for this book. I also tried it with the four year olds. They had some show more fun but didn't have the attention span or the physical ability to do a lot of the tricks. Good birthday or Christmas gift! show less

Really loved this book! I went through the book with a friend's 8- and 10-year old daughters, and they loved the illustrations and explanations of each technique. You can learn so much here. In a day and time when exercise is something we have to seek out for our kids, this is just the solution for encouraging kids to spend some time on an activity that gets them moving more than just their thumbs, and still have fun. I had previously given them some high-quality ropes with wooden handles, show more hand-me-downs from my own children, and the book was a perfect companion to those.I can recommend this for the ages suggested. I'd say younger kids might not have the strength or coordination to execute the techniques described. All in all, cool book! show less