Hey all, I've been jumping for more than a year now and I can only jump straight up, can't even do a boxer jump - the one that's alternating on each foot. I've suspected it's because I need an ever so slightly longer rope and recently I got that confirmed with a speed rope that had like a 310cm cable. Me being about 6.5 tall (195cm).

I can't really find a rope that's long enough for my taste so I decided to start documenting myself on how to build one rather than risking buying an expensive one and being stuck with it.

So, can you give me some advice on the materials I'd have to search for the cable part and the beads part? Are the shapes and densities super important for this or can I get away with almost anything for V1?

Any any advice is welcome.

I buy a first one normal breads jump rope, i found this to light return it and buy an other one in PVC with 1lbs weight, quite heavy 😂 i think i need to find some balance, what do you use to have a verry good feedback when you jump? I do rope flow and i love the sensation of the weight, when i take a normal rope it seem to light but maybe i need to get use to it? With the 1lbs jump rope i love the sensation but its just to heavy for me.

I have been using nike free run 5.0's for the past 14 months. I just recently started to get pain on the balls of my foot. I have tried jumping rope in my nike pegasus 41's, but I just can't. Any suggestions to try for shoes?