Have you ever played the Elastics Game? How about Chinese Jump Rope?
I used to be obsessed with it, me and my girlfriends would play it for HOURS everyday. We made it out of the soft cloth elastic (like the one that's in pant waists or in scrunchies) Anyway, it was the most fun game when I was growing up in Israel in 1990 till 1995. I just found a few of the girls on facebook! I can't wait for them to see this lens :)
UPDATE: I guess it might not be so rare seeing as how (surprisingly) quite a few of you have heard of it, but most people in north america have never heard of it.
So what exactly is Elastics you ask?
Just the greatest workout ever
More Chinese Jump Rope
The Top Five Reasons Elastics is the Rarest Game
- It's rare to find anyone in North America who's ever heard of it (unless they were born elswhere)
- There's barely anything on it in Wikipidea
- There's very few videos of it on YouTube
- Not a very popular subject on Google
- ALL THAT and still millions of children are spending millions of hours playing it worldwide
Have you ever heard of Elastics?
Is Elastics the Rarest Game Ever?
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Melissa says:
It was the cool thing to do when I was about 10-12 (29 now), along with knucklebones. I'm in New Zealand. I have only heard it called Elastics, we had brightly coloured elastic about 1cm wide, pretty sure it was made especially, and sold as Elastics. Now trying to find the rules for the kids I look after and not having any luck
Posted January 22, 2012
Elly says:
We were always playing Elastics at school! Never used rubber bands though just some dress elastic...and never heard it called anything other than Elastics either!
Posted January 14, 2012
Sara says:
we called it elastics because we used elastic bands to make the jump rope - we played it for hours in the early 70s and knew lots of jumping rhymes - I can't remember them now though.
Posted December 31, 2011
Brenda says:
I agree. Loved playing it as a kid and now as a teacher am trying to bring it back to the playground. Am finding it hard to find much info on it or the songs we used to sing with it/rules. I say BRING IT BACK
Posted November 27, 2011
Anthony - Jump Roper says:
Thanks so much for the information. Thanks for the information about Chinese jump rope. It is the best jump rope workout I could find. I especially like the youtube videos. Thanks.
Posted November 26, 2011
No way!
Tilly says:
At my school at the moment everyone is playing it
Posted November 19, 2011
oztoo says:
We played this at school. It was very popular. The rope was coloured elastic bands that you looped together. Oh gosh, such a long time ago. Thanks for the memories.
Posted August 23, 2009
EditorDave says:
Never heard of it called "Elastics"... but there's a traditional Philippine (Filipino) dance called the "tinikling" in which two bamboo poles are danced around and in-between to music (or with only the beat of the bamboo poles clacking against each other and their supports. Looks similar to this. Nice lens!
Posted August 22, 2009
Evelyn_Saenz says:
I heard it called Chinese Jumprope but I never knew how to play it.
Posted August 22, 2009
worldbuilder says:
I had never heard it called Elastics. We called it Chinese jump rope. Very few of us had the manufactured Chinese jump ropes, but I can tell you that rubber bands were a really hot commodity! We looped them together and made our own jump ropes.
Posted August 19, 2009
Elastics Paraphernalia
So what do you think? Would you ever try it? Teach your kids?
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ElleDeeEsse
Sep 4, 2009 @ 5:11 pm | delete
- We played elastics all the time at school in Sydney. The kids at my children's school don't play it though and sadly I've forgotten most of the moves. It was a very long time ago.
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momto4
Aug 25, 2009 @ 7:20 pm | delete
- I've never heard of Chinese Jump Rope. Looks like a lot of fun! I'd try is if my kids wanted me to. Great lens!
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oztoo
Aug 23, 2009 @ 2:31 pm | delete
- Love this lens. Interesting that it is rare in America. Heaps of fun 5*.
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teachernz
Aug 22, 2009 @ 10:27 pm | delete
- Kids play this all the time at school in New Zealand... we buy special bands as part of our gym equipment purchases. As a kid in England we played the same game, usually with elastic puloined from mum's sewing box.
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Evelyn_Saenz
Aug 22, 2009 @ 10:12 pm | delete
- I loved the title. I couldn't guess what it would be about.
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mysticmama
Aug 22, 2009 @ 1:15 pm | delete
- We called it Chinese jump rope when I was a kid...cool lens!
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clouda9
Aug 22, 2009 @ 12:17 pm | delete
- Loved the originality in this lens. I vaguely remember playing something similar to this...us gals usually did jump rope though.
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shajo
Aug 22, 2009 @ 12:12 pm | delete
- I've played chinese jump rope before when I was little! I've never heard it called elastics though. I wasn't very good at it but it was fun! :) Great lens!
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SherryHolderHunt
Aug 21, 2009 @ 4:10 am | delete
- No, I've never heard of Elastics, wish I had known about this when I was young. 5*s
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24websurf
Aug 20, 2009 @ 12:46 pm | delete
- I have never seen or heard of it, but it does look fun!
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