Unlocking Jump Rope Creativity with Devin Meek (#12)

“I think creativity, like any other skill, is one that can be practiced” — Devin Meek

Devin Meek (IG: @devin_meek_ YT: WeJumpRope) is an accomplished competitive jumper, best known for his phenomenal creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. He truly redefines how to use a jump rope, commonly referred to as the “King of Floaters” by many in the jump rope community. For those that are unfamiliar with Floater skills, we cover them at length in the episode.

We cover a lot of ground in our conversation, including the impact of social networks on the jump rope world, stretching and warming up, how to cultivate and grow creativity, tips for better floaters, the most common reactions competitive jump ropers hear when they discuss their sport, and a whole lot more. Just a heads up that at about 45 minutes in, we get into the weeds about video editing and content creation. If that doesn’t strike your fancy, feel free to fast forward a few minutes or so.

You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Overcast.

Show Notes

How Devin Started Jumping (2:36)

How Devin Learned His Technical Style (5:36)

12th Street Rag Team Routine (10:59)

Devin’s Current Cirque Cruise Line Work (12:10)

How Devin Approaches Learning New Skills (12:40)

Devin’s Favorite Podcasts (14:17)

Diablo (16:19)

Cross Training, Stretching and Warming Up (18:45)

Training Flipping Skills (21:22)

Jumping Everyday for Several Years (24:55)

Floater Technique Tips (26:05)

The Origin Story of WeJumpRope (28:31)

2019 Competition Season Recap (33:26)

The Future of Jump Rope (36:00)

Common Reactions to Jump Rope (40:14)

Splitting Competitive Jump Rope (41:15)

World Record Speed Training (43:24)

Devin’s Editing Software, Gear and Music (47:15)

Future Fitness Goals (56:10)

Favorite Jump Rope Skill of All Time (58:03)

Most Difficult Lesson Devin Has Learned (1:00:29)

Favorite Place to Jump Rope (1:01:52)

How Devin’s Brain Works (1:02:55)

What is Jump Rope to You? (1:06:06)

Social Networks and Jump Rope (1:10:31)

Selected Links

Hardcore Parkour Podcast (Team Farang)

Devin’s 53 Floaters IGTV Video

Devin’s Backward to Forward Multiples

World Jump Rope

Epic TS Floater

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Here’s each step of this combo: 👉 Swing 👉

Here’s each step of this combo:

👉 Swing
👉 Leg Over Swing
👉 Arm Wrap + Release
👉 Unwrap + Regrab
👉 Swing
👉 Basic Cross

Make sure you keep your hands really close, even as you’re doing all of this wrapping. Keep a smooth, even rhythm without speeding up the rope aggressively. Doing this will prevent handle from flying away from your body haha

And definitely don’t power through this combo with your entire arm. You want to use your wrist to rotate the rope and get that nice, smooth motion for this combo!

#jumprope #skippingrope #athomeworkout #ropeskipping #jumpropetricks

The Split Bound Handstand is where your feet split

The Split Bound Handstand is where your feet split apart (like a front straddle) right before bounding into the handstand position!

Remember: DON’T TRY THIS IF you haven’t already learned how do a Stepping Handstand Pull Through.

If you’re ready to try this, use your front leg to push off the ground to bound into the air.

Once you’re in the air, your back leg swings to rotate you into the handstand position.

This one is intimidating at first, and I would definitely recommend NOT full sending it right away! Take it slowly and only do small bounds into that handstand position at first 👌

#handstands #jumprope #skippingrope #doubleunders #handstand #athomeworkout #ropeskipping #jumpropetricks

This combo is: 👉 Toad Cross 👉 Toad Swing

This combo is:

👉 Toad Cross

👉 Toad Swing

👉 Elephant Cross

For this to work, you MUST use both hands to turn the rope! That might sound a little bit obvious, but it’s really easy to forget to use the hand that’s underneath the Toad leg.

As you go from the Toad Cross into the Toad Swing, use that Toad hand to rotate the rope as you transition into that Elephant position.

Make sure you go slowly so you don’t jump too early for the Elephant. If you wait until the rope comes all the way down to the ground before jumping, it’ll be way easier to do the Elephant Cross!

#jumprope #skippingrope #athomeworkout #ropeskipping #jumpropetricks

The Swing, Swing, Open, Open Quad is a classic ski

The Swing, Swing, Open, Open Quad is a classic skill!

You start this with a Swing, and then use the hand that’s farther away from your body to transition over your other hand to the other side.

Then pull the rope back to an open and finish with one final open rotation!

This one’s definitely tough, but the most important important thing to remember is to make sure your hands are really really efficient at doing that swing transition movement!

Your hands must be able to transition from one side to the other with very minimal movement in order to get this done. You could still complete the skill without efficient movement but it’s going to be a lot harder haha so keep all of these tips in mind as you try the SSOO Quad!

#jumprope #skippingrope #doubleunders #tripleunders #quadrupleunders #athomeworkout #ropeskipping #jumpropetricks

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