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Practise double unders with a partner

Doubles are more fun with someone to groan at. Pick a milestone and the minutes you have, and send a training partner the plan. They choose their own starting point.

It's an invitation, not a race. Partners can practise at different rungs — the ladder doesn't care who gets there first, and neither should you. There is no deadline, nothing to beat, and no account needed on either end.

Minutes you have

Rung 1, rope on: 15 minutes

Find a rhythm with the rope at all. The milestone: 30 singles in a row.

warm-up · 4 min
Wake the calves up
  • 20 ankle bounces on the spot, no rope
  • 10 slow calf raises, pausing at the top
  • 2 × 30 seconds of easy singles

Pogo hops · Bouncy singles

drills · 8 min
Drills for rope on
  • Bouncy singles: 3 × 45 seconds, 30 seconds rest
  • Side swing and jump: 3 × 30 seconds

Bouncy singles · Side swing and jump

attempts · 3 min
Have a go at your gate
  • Aim: 30 singles in a row
  • 3 honest attempts, a full minute of rest between them
  • Film the best one on /train if you want a read on it

To fit 15 minutes, this leaves out the cool-down — do the calf stretch later, please, the volume block.

Drills for this rung

Coaching heuristics, not medical advice. Warm up first — calves and Achilles tendons are what double unders break, and they break cold. Build volume slowly, and stop if something hurts rather than aches.

Invite a training partner

Nothing is sent for you: you choose who gets it, and how. If the buttons don't work on your phone, select the text above and copy it.

Film a set for your own cue

dulike counts 10–30 seconds of skipping and names the one thing to fix, with the drill for it. The video stays on your phone; it is read in the browser and never uploaded. The rope is too thin and fast for a camera, so rope counts are estimated from how long you are in the air.

Your own plan, from your own sets, is on Today. Running a whole class? There's a printable plan for a class. Want thirty days of it, not one session? Do the30-day double-under challenge together.