Skipping/hopping thing with plastic ball attached

[MaggieW]

DD desperate for one of these things! I don't know what they're called though. They go around the ankle then have a length of plastic to which a ball is attached. They then swing it around their ankle while jumping over the plastic big with ball. Can anyone help identify please?

they sell them in tesco's cant remember what they are called though.

I remember these from when I was about 7 (45 years ago!) My dad made me one from a tennis ball, a rubber quoit & a bit of skipping rop.
They seem to have a lot of different names

thats it rusty bear.

sometimes the rope is solid piece of plastic though isnt it?

my dad made us one as well

I think it must be easier with solid 'rope' - I remember mine kept tangling round my ankles.

I wonder if they'll bring back clackers again? They originally had string but the 90's revival had a rigid joining piece which wasn't so dangerous.

All the stuff I can find about clackers says they date from the 1970's, but I was 13 in 1970, and I'm sure that we had them at primary school - and I'm pretty sure they were made of wood - I remember a friend of my sister showing me the massive bruises all the way up her arm from where the balls had bounced.

Does anyone else remember pre-70's clackers?

try this page although a bit expensive

or tesco's

Thank you so much - and yes, I had clackers with string too - I'd forgotten all about them. We used to get bashed all over by them, but loved them!

My DD has this one but you can get them for about £5.

We have one - it took my 6yr old dd a while to get it. Ours has a plastic ball, plastic-y rope/string and a rigid hoop that goes around the ankle. Worth getting a sturdy one though, as our rope has ripped out of the ball, making it ineffectual.