Catches are divided into subcategories because there are many ways to release and/or regrasp a jump rope.  (Hopefully further divisions won't become necessary!) Some of the major ways to catch a jump rope are listed below.  Again, rhythmic gymnasts are particularly expert at catches due to their training and the type of jump rope that they use (woven and with no handles) that lend themselves to these skills.

	Standard Catches as exemplified by the "Two-shoulder Catch" shown here, are skills where the rope is grasped somewhere along its length during the skills execution without being completely released.  This skill is a cool way to go from jumping skills into Bolas skills.  It's a bit tricky since you must release the handles as the rope comes up behind you and then you grasp each side of the middle of the rope and begin to swing the ends.  I first saw this skill executed by Buddy Lee.
	Tosses is a skill subcategory where the rope is completely released into the air and is caught again. The skill at the left is a Single Side Toss because the rope is released at the side, does one revolution, and is caught again.  The rope can also be made to make 1&1/2, 2, or 3 turns, and released from different positions.
	This is an Open Toss which I find challenging to do, especially if the rope has handles.
	An Exchange is a Catch subcategory where the rope end(s) exhange hands. In the "Back Exchange" the ends of a folded rope are exchanged from hand to hand behind the back.
	The "Bowed Exchange" requires you to bow forward while exchanging the rope behind your back.  As you can see, the rope turns horizontally.  I first saw Eddie Race, a senior jump rope dynamo excel at this skill.
	Retrievals are skills where one end of the rope is released and then regrasped.  The "Front Retrieval" is the simplest of these skills.  One end is on the ground in front of you.  Step back until the rope is straightened out. Then flick the rope upward and catch the other end in either hand.  These skills offer one way to recover after you lose an end during a miss.