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 ...

Few things are as simple as a jump rope. Just a plastic cord, really, with a couple of handles at the ends, made quite literally for child's play. But in the hands of Rene Bibaud, a jump rope blurs ...

On a weeknight in a mirrored room with track lights, a crowd jumps to the beat. Pop music reverberates off the walls. The mirrors fog up. The crowd bops and does fancy moves, such as the criss-cross, ...