Dutch settlers may have brought Double Dutch to America, but it was Black girls who put it on the map, says Lauren Walker, president of the National Double Dutch League. “Double Dutch is Black girl ...

From push-ups to handstands, the girls are masters of jumping between two rapidly twirling ropes. Black Girls Jump teaches students at Horace Mann Elementary School how to double Dutch. "The goal is ...

A group of students from a Rondo Double Dutch class at their showcase in December 2024. NINA MOINI: Does this sound bring back memories of jumping rope? It's from a song that a Double Dutch class in ...

Double dutch is a challenging sport that teaches life lessons such as the importance of listening and communication. Shaquannah Floyd, the founder of Floyd's Double Dutch Elite, and coach Yasmine ...

There are several traditions in Black American culture that almost seem like a rite of passage to many. One specific tradition that many share no matter what part of the country you’re in is Double ...

When Regina Plaza — or “Gigi Love,” as she is better known — walked into a Sunrise gym on a recent Thursday evening, she approached Cindy Edwards, who was sitting on the bleachers. Plaza asked Edwards ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It started as a smal group in Chicago, but now it's spreading across the world. In Pullman Saturday, 600 women gathered to play a simple recess game: double dutch. Photojournalist ...

There are hula hoops, ankle skip balls and jump ropes spread across the basketball court at First Christ Cares Church in Ellenwood. When I enter the gym, Delilah Allison envelops me in a hug. We’d ...

Blending innovation and culture, engineers bring a robotic Double Dutch machine to life. Double Dutch is a jump rope game that requires two people spinning ropes in opposite directions and at least ...