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Learn the double-under mic release
Place four rope jobs across two connected double unders: open, swing and release, free rotation, then catch and open.
I think of the landing between these two doubles as a comma, not a full stop. Give it a tea break and every rope job may still appear, but the sentence has fallen apart. The trick is not to hide the landing; it is to let that landing begin the second jump.
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Learn the double-under mic release
Four rope jobs, two jumps
An ordinary mic release spreads three jobs across three jumps. This version packs the same release route into two double unders, so each jump carries two rope jobs. Jump one is open, then swing and release. Jump two is free rotation, then catch and open. Say the whole line before touching the rope: open, release … rotate, catch.
Build the two halves separately
Assemble one double-under mic release
- Begin with all three prerequisites: one Double Under, one Mic Release and one Swing–Open Double Under. In the Swing–Open Double Under, the side lane comes before the open lane; here, the entrance order is open first, then side swing.
- Without the rope, make two connected shadow jumps while saying ‘open–release, rotate–catch’. Give each jump two spoken jobs and keep the landing between them brief enough to feel connected.
- Rehearse an open–swing double under: the first rope turn uses the ordinary open lane and the second travels into the side swing. Do not add the release yet.
- Repeat the open–swing double and release the handle during the swing. Let the handle go and finish the first jump without chasing the catch.
- Rehearse the second half from planted feet with the released handle already travelling. Take off once: let the free rotation occupy the first rope count, then bring the handle back towards the hip and catch into the open second count.
- Join both halves once: open then swing-release; rebound; free rotation then catch-open. Land into one planned ordinary exit or stop.
This is not the Swing–Open Double Under with a handle casually dropped into it. The entrance order is reversed: open first, swing-release second. Keeping those two jobs visible gives the released handle the correct starting point for the second jump.
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When the comma becomes a tea break
Find which rope job lost the sentence
- The first jump becomes swing then open: return to the open–swing double and say its two jobs before releasing anything.
- The handle leaves, but jump two never starts: restore two connected shadow jumps or two ordinary doubles and watch the middle rebound.
- The free rotation begins while your feet remain planted: isolate the second half and compare when its take-off begins.
- The catch becomes a straight-armed reach: return to the planted Mic Release rehearsal and bring the rotating hand back towards its hip.
- All four jobs happen but the exit disappears: stop after one complete attempt and add one planned open exit separately.
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