How Much Rope Do You Want Between Your Hands?
Determining how much rope to have between your hands is a balance of control and flexibility that can make all the difference in a successful run.

Somewhere between having your hands too handcuffed to function and so far apart you can’t control your rope is the sweet spot. Determining how much rope to have between your hands is a balance of control and flexibility that can make all the difference in a successful run. In this video brought to you by Lone Star Ropes, Manny Egusquiza and Denton Parish demonstrate the ideal length of rope between your hands.

“It’s gotta be enough where you’re not completely tied to your coils, but not being so far away to where you can still control your rope. That’s where I like it.”

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