Leg Crosses
Leg crosses are skills where one or both hands cross under the jumper’s legs whilst jumping upright with one leg off the floor. Leg crosses can be combined to make combos such as the Awesome Annie and they form the basis of more complex skills such as Gogo crosses.
Coach Chris’s Top Tips
✅ Keep your leg up with your knee level or slightly above hip-height
✅ Keep your weight over your back foot the entire time
✅ Pull your hands back to your pockets using your elbows as you uncross
‼️ Avoid leaning forward and switching to your front foot as you exit
‼️ Avoid swinging out if you struggle to exit, unless doing so intentionally
In this guide:
1️⃣ Toad
2️⃣ Leg Over
3️⃣ Inverse Toad
4️⃣ Inverse Leg Over
5️⃣ Elephant
6️⃣ T-Toad
7️⃣ T-Toad (Swing to Cross)
8️⃣ EB Toad
9️⃣ EB Toad (EB Swing exit)
In this guide:
1️⃣ Toad
2️⃣ Leg Over
3️⃣ Inverse Toad
4️⃣ Inverse Leg Over
5️⃣ Elephant
6️⃣ EB Toad (EB swing entry)
7️⃣ EB Toad (Dive EB entry)
8️⃣ Awesome Annie (Toad entry)
More leg crosses
If you’re looking to deepen your jump rope vocabulary then find even more in-depth guides below, each focusing on a specific more advanced jump rope skill.
In this guide:
1️⃣ Leg Over toe catch
2️⃣ Leg Over
3️⃣ Leg Over (Swing exit)
4️⃣ Awesome Annie (Leg Over entry)
5️⃣ Leg Over (consecutive)
6️⃣ Leg Over to Open
7️⃣ Leg Over Step-Through
8️⃣ Leg Over Release
9️⃣ Leg Over Wrap
In this guide:
1️⃣ Toad
2️⃣ Leg Over
3️⃣ Toad (consecutive)
4️⃣ Leg Over (consecutive)
5️⃣ Cross, Toad, Open, Leg Over
6️⃣ LO, LO, AA, Toad, AA, LO, AA
7️⃣ Awesome Annie (Toad entry)
8️⃣ Awesome Annie (Leg Over entry)
9️⃣ Backwards Awesome Annie
In this guide:
1️⃣ EB Toad (Swing in)
2️⃣ EB Toad (Swing in, EB Swing out)
3️⃣ EB Toad (Toad Swing in)
4️⃣ EB Toad (T. Swing in, EB Swing out)
5️⃣ Dive EB Toad
6️⃣ Dive EB Toad (EB Swing out)
7️⃣ EB Toad Awesome Annie
8️⃣ EB Toad Wrap
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