Wrap Skills

Wraps are skills that come very naturally with the flexible rope. Afterall, you often get wrapped up in the rope when miss rope jumping! In the case of intentional Wraps, however, you should be able to exit the skill by just reversing the wrap at some point, or by some other method that doesn't significantly interfere with the flow of your routine.

The following are just a few of some common Wrap skills. Rhythmic gymnasts really excel at getting into complicated Wraps and then magically getting out of them suddenly. The following Wraps are relatively simple ones by comparison.

	The "Swing Wrap is one of the simplest Wraps to execute. Just go from an Overhead Swing and bring the rope across the waist. Pull on the rope to unwrap.
	With the "Forearm Wrap" the rope is wrapped by placing one handle near the middle of one forearm and continuing to circle that forearm. Unwrap the rope by either reversing the forearm circles after the wrap is complete, or by bringing the wrapped forearm across the waist to the other side of the body at any time.
	The Waist Wrap requires the rope to turn horizontally. Note that one arm is place at the waist while the other arm turns overhead. Reverse directions when the wrap is completed.
	The Shoulder Wrap can be entirely executed with one arm. The picture to the left shows the wrap being completed in two different directions.
	The Transient Extended Neck Wrap is one of my signature skills. Here, the rope is held initially only by one hand at one end. It is brought across the neck and released so that it swivels around the neck almost like a hoola hoop. One end is regrasped before it stops. It's a real cool move that always gets a gasp from the audience and is a bit challenging to teach. I've included it here, however, because it nicely represents the core principles of Ropics: You don't always have to jump over the rope, it doesn't have to turn vertically, etc.