 what's up players what's going on ladies and gentlemen thank you for joining me again on the series how to jump rope like a ninja so on today's video we're going to start to work in the tricks you've learned how to become great at regular bounce you've learned how to start getting that box or rhythm and confidence down now it's time to start putting some tricks into place so that you can you know look awesome and impress people in public you know so guys we have a lot of videos on different tricks that you can learn and we're going to link a lot of those up but this video is really to talk about the four most important tricks that aren't just beginner but are kind of like they form the foundation of what it means to look like you're pretty good at jumping rope what i mean by those tricks is running in place side swipe crisscross boxer skip all right ladies and gentlemen so to start things off run in place now remember we have tutorials set up for each of these but i want i want to give you guys just a few short tips on each of these tricks so that you can take action and start practicing run in place is a very simplistic trick only because we're only alternating our feet so it's a little bit above boxer skip you're just going right left right left the upper body stays the same as it would for regular bounce so honestly guys not a lot here is changing and this is the move i would recommend trying to practice after you get done doing regular bounce next up guys boxer skip all right so this is the one that we did a tutorial on yesterday be sure to check that out if you haven't already again all we're doing is shifting the weight of our feet from our right to our left and tapping again guys nothing fancy here although all the form in our upper body stays the same because the regular bounce is what forms the basis for you to be able to do all these tricks and everything so make sure send you to nation that you have the fundamentals down first and look if you have to watch this series five or six times that's totally cool that's why it's going to stay up here so make sure you guys practice a lot of these moves and just do the thing all right ladies and gentlemen next up we have side swipe so be sure to check out the full tutorial on that if you haven't already all i'm doing here is a right to left and then going back under myself side swipe so takes a little bit of practice but all you're doing is just swinging the rope over to my right see how my right hand folds over then i bring it back around to the left and sort of do a little figure eight with my hands it's a very tiny and subtle move but that is a lot it's what allows you to look super smooth as you're transitioning into other tricks so the side swipe is good for not just doing it but also transitioning into other tricks as well the crisscross the mysterious crisscross besides the double under this is probably the move that most people want to learn and it takes a little bit of practice to get used to guys the best fights i can give you for this is when i'm doing these look how my rope stays tight the entire time the the figure eight motion that i'm doing with my wrists is really what controls and allows the crisscross to happen think of putting guns in their holsters and then taking them out again so check it out when i cross i'm putting the guns in their holsters when i pull back out i'm taking them out and see how my wrists just do this nice little figure eight motion that's all that crisscross is so practice this ladies and gentlemen do not get discouraged remember you have to do the thing for a very long period of time and stay consistent before you can expect to be proficient in something so don't give up guys ask questions you know post comments we're happy to answer them and make sure you go back through the series zendu nation i love you i'm out so guys you've learned some tricks you've learned how to get that rhythm down and be more confident like i said now it's time to put it all together and create your own jump rope style so in the next video we're going to be teaching you how to jump rope freestyle if you like this video please make sure to give it a thumbs up below followed by a subscribe and also make sure to check out the next video in the how to jump rope like a ninja series which is where we cover the jump rope freestyle ladies and gentlemen i'm out