Counting

General

No deductions are made for any misses in speed or multiples events, once a miss occurs the athlete(s) are allowed to resume jumping immediately and there are no special requirements for how this is done.

Single ropes must be turned in a forward motion, whereas Double Dutch ropes must be turned counter clockwise with the right hand and clockwise with the left hand.

Speed

For speed events, athletes must jump with their feet in an alternating fashion. On one jump only the right foot must touch the ground and on the next jump only the left foot must touch the ground. If an athlete repeats the same foot twice or more without alternating to the other foot in between judges should stop counting until an alternation occurs.

For all speed events, judges count the first completed right foot jump and each additional alternating right foot jump.

If an athlete misses and the judge recognizes they counted the jump the miss occurred on, the judge will resume counting on the next countable jump after the athlete has completed a countable jump. If an athlete misses at the end of a competition event and a judge has not yet taken off a jump, they will deduct one jump from the final score.

Double Unders

For double unders, judges count each jump where both feet land simultaneously after the rope has passed under the feet twice, while completing two forward vertical rotations around the body.

If an athlete misses and the judge recognizes they have counted the double under the miss occurred on, the judge will resume counting again on the second double under following the miss. If an athlete misses at the end of a competition event and a judge has not yet taken off a jump, they will deduct one jump from the final score.

Consecutive Triple Unders

For triple unders, judges count each jump where both feet land simultaneously after the rope has passed under the feet three times, while completing three forward vertical rotations around the body.

Once an athlete has completed one triple under, judges stop counting when the athlete either stops, misses, or completes any skill other than a triple under.

If an athlete misses before completing 15 triple unders, they will have one more attempt at starting the competition event. If the athlete decides to continue with a second attempt, the scores will be reset (not recorded) and the athlete is committed to the score of the second attempt. For both attempts, misses on any preparation jump(s) before the athlete completes their first triple under does not count as a miss and the athlete may resume their preparation jumps.

30 seconds after the start of the competition event, the athlete is no longer eligible to begin the competition event or start a second attempt and the judges must not count any triple unders performed by the athlete.

Time the judges take to get ready or reset their counters is not counted against the athlete’s 30 seconds. If an athlete misses before the 30 second call-out and the judges are not ready to start again before the 30 seconds call-out, the athlete is allowed to start immediately after the judges are ready, even if that is after the 30 seconds call-out.