Shoes for Jumping Rope

Video Transcript

"When jumping rope, you want to make sure that you have the proper footwear. And I'm sure that hopefully this will be a surprise to a lot of coaches, to a lot of boxers, and that's why we're trying to help you here. But you really shouldn't be jumping rope in your boxing shoes that you're going to be later competing in. Number one, it really does a lot of wear and tear on your boxing shoes. Number two, boxing shoes by design do not have the support required for actual up and down jumping all the time and putting all that torque on your feet, especially if you're going to be doing the endurance jumping for fifteen to twenty minutes at a time. Now if you're in the ring jump roping, then you should be fine with your boxing shoes other than the wear and tear. But if you're jumping on the concrete floor especially, or on a thin carpet or on wood or anything other than a good shock absorbing mat, you should be wearing a good, like a running shoe or something with some good support and some good shock absorbency and not just your boxing shoes. Thank you."