Chapter 45: Cowhide Bands

"An ancient sport comes from a heritage, like football, basketball..... These seem to be commonplace. But why isn't it in there?" said Jian Yan, his eyes caught in a whirlpool of thought.

Jumping the cowband, an ancient and elegant sport, the inventor is unknown, as if it appeared overnight, "When I was a child, I once asked the powder, who taught you the cowhide band?"

The coordinate axis of the thing happens, and the horizontal understanding of the timeline is before Biao, and it is infinitely close to the position where Biao appears, before there is a gap with the powder.

"What?" Fan turned around, his small face matched the dripping sweat condensed from the tip of his nose, and he stuck out his little tongue like a puppy, "The older senior sister will teach us, and the kindergarten teacher will also teach us." Fan replied.

Jian Yan nodded, this sport generally requires three people, after careful study of Jian Yan, it was concluded that two people stood on the pile, and the third person jumped the cowhide band, and the so-called cowhide band is just a general term, not really a cowhide band, as long as it is elastic rope can be used as a "cowhide band". The most commonly used, and in short, the most commonly seen is the elastic cord sewn on children's trousers, the rope presents alternating colors, some like the "red and white zebra crossing" pattern on the clown, and some are pink. A closed-loop loop is formed by a knot at the end.

The rules of the game are very simple, as mentioned above, two people stand opposite each other, the rubber band is put around the ankles of the two standing people, and the third person jumps first, and the first person usually wins with rock-paper-scissors or the back of the palm. There are many sections of the cowhide band, the more difficult it is, usually the first and second sections are very simple, the third and fourth sections are the masters to jump out, if you want to jump the fifth or sixth paragraph, then you need a certain talent, the seventh and eighth paragraphs, that is the talented and intelligent people can learn. There are also requirements for height, which are divided into three levels, which will be repeated later. Generally, a six- or seven-year-old girl like a fan jumps the third and fourth paragraphs, which is the cap. Kindergarten teachers will not teach more than three or four paragraphs, and this is why I only understand after I go to elementary school, because it is too dangerous......

"One-two, one-two, one-two-three, one-two-three......" is accompanied by rhythmic jumps, and jumping cowhide bands pays attention to that kind of elegance and sensitivity.

In short, the door of the house, the open space

"Xiao Yan, you can help me stand for a while. ”

"Okay!" Jian Yan agreed, thinking that he had finished his homework, and it was okay for Fan and another girl to play with him, and it would be good to look at the vermicelli strips and cowhide bands.

As mentioned earlier, it takes two people to jump the cowhide band to stand on the pile, that is, Jian Yan and the girl named ant on the opposite side stand on the pile, and the first to jump by the pink fist.

Even if so much time has passed, Jian Yan will occasionally dream of the graceful and calm dance of the pink like an elf in his dreams, and the cheerful laughter like silver bells after turning his head.....

The first section is ankle-high, and the feet are lightly stepped on one side of the cowhide band, both feet must be at the same time, if it is one foot, it will be replaced on the field, starting with another girl. Then put the side of the cowhide band on both sides of the side, condition: both feet can not step on the side or both sides of the cowhide band less than five centimeters above the ground, if you step on it, you will be punished and replaced. Still according to the previous conditions, he jumped and stepped on the cowhide band on the other side, and the powder dexterously turned one hundred and eighty degrees in the air and returned to the original position on the opposite side. This makes the powder jump from one side to the other. It seems simple, but it tests the coordination of the body. Most experienced cowhide band masters will choose to lean on the side of the stake in the first section, and the closer to the middle of the rope, the easier it is to shake and sway, thus entanglement of the foot. Powder repeats the above, jumping back to this side from the opposite side, and the first section ends. It's complicated, but it's actually only a dozen seconds. In short, after reading more, it is natural to know that the fan will jump to the second paragraph next. It's also the second paragraph with a little bit of horizontal technique.

"Hook foot" is a leg method in the cowhide band, and there is a very high demand for "skimming the foot", which requires people to be in the air, the feet are quickly stretched forward, and at the same time, from the next side of the cowhide band, hook another one with the foot surface, and then quickly close the leg and step down, so that the cowhide band is folded and stepped on the ground. This requires the jumper to have a very high bounce force to complete this series of movements in the air, and wearing shoes with uneven soles can also affect whether the dao can successfully hook the cowhide band.

This time, the powder failed in the second stage of hooking, and it was the turn of the ants to play. Ants are also Jane's classmates, and they are friends with fans.

In the first paragraph, the ants easily skip it. Jian Yan watched intently at the movements on the ants' feet, the same as powder.

"Xiao Yan, why are you looking at the ants so directly?" asked Jian Yan on the other side with a reproachful tone.

"Not as good as you dance!" replied in a simple and honest manner.

I don't know if what I just said made the ant unhappy, I only jumped for a while, and after the second hook failed, the ant made an excuse, saying that it was not fun, and I didn't play and went home. Leaving fans and Jane glared at each other.

"Your friend is gone!" said in short.

"It's okay, move a stool out, and we'll get back to playing." Fan was not at all depressed by the ant's departure, but shook his head with a smile.

Jian Yan comprehended, ran home and moved out a square stool, and handed over the matter of standing to the stool.

"One is not enough, two are needed!" Fan shouted at Jian Yan.

"Two, I don't have to stand on a stake?"

"You can play with you too, what's the point of me playing alone!" said the fan naturally.

"Me?" Jian Yan was stunned, "That's right, play with me!okay? Okay??" Those sparkling eyes are really hard to refuse, not to mention the little girl's usual coquettish means.

"Okay!" Jian Yan nodded reluctantly, thinking that he would go to find the corpse to play with after he had passed the powder later.

"Let's start over!I'll teach you! First ......" Fan smiled like a teacher and taught Jian Yan to dance cowhide bands, and Jian Yan thought in his heart not to be seen by other friends, otherwise he would be swept away all his life, and he would play with the things that girls played, if he was seen by corpses and others, he didn't know how much ridicule he would receive.

After the four-section cowhide band was taught, it was very simple, and after the powder corrected a few places, he tried it in a nutshell, except for not being able to hook his feet in the air, the others were quite easy. "Huh, it's easy!" he said to himself.

Fan learned the four paragraphs of the incomplete version, that is to say, the third and fourth paragraphs are all deleted, extremely easy, the third and fourth paragraphs are even like dancing, one foot into the middle of the two cowhide bands, with a slight beating of the body, one foot re-stepped on one side of the cowhide band, and then stepped into the middle of the two cowhide bands...... In this way, Jian Yan also learned to powder, and at the same time ended the four paragraphs with a cheerful ballad humming in his mouth. It's kind of funny, in short, I thought to myself.

After teaching Jian Yan, Fan gasped slightly, and made a butt on the square stool, looking at Jian Yan with a pair of dripping black eyes and continuing to practice. If you still want to play, then the way to increase the difficulty is to use the method of increasing the height, ankles, calves, and thighs, there are three kinds of difficulty, and if you are higher, you may not be able to stretch your legs up.

"Okay!" Jian Yan nodded, and continued to pretend to jump, naturally not as skilled and elegant as Fan, just like a landlubber entering the water, and there was a sound of Fan being amused by Jian Yan and "giggling" in his ears. At first, I didn't think it was a fan of teaching, but I couldn't hide the stiff legs of Jian Yan when I watched it, and you blushed when you said it, "It's too much, if you laugh again, I won't play."

"Okay, okay, I don't laugh! I don't laugh! I definitely don't laugh! I promise!" said Fan desperately covered his little mouth with his little hands, and his two eyes bent into crescents couldn't hide his smile. Even in Jianyan, you can hear the powder's "poof-" laughter that is about to be choked.