Talk:Jumping jack

message: Jack McFadden, also known as Jack "Jumping Jack" McFadden, named greatest player of all time
Player of what? 84.58.13.42 16:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jack Who? 

message: Before the night is over, I'll split this article into three separate articles, as well as create a disambiguation page. Anthony Rupert 00:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure, but I think this should be at Jumping jack even though it purports to be named after someone.  But that's just my OCD shining through. 152.91.9.144 05:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Split complete. Anthony Rupert 06:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hardly, and it's even been a full year. You've had a LOT of time to do so, me amigo. --82.44.213.242 17:24, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split 

message: I am shocked that it seems some people here do not know exactly what a jumping jack is, there is not one single American that has not performed at least one thousand of these in their lives. There is not one school is this nation that doesn't require it as part of its physical education program, as for the rest of the world I have no idea and as for the citation needed for Jack Lalanne inventing the jumping jack, I'm not sure if it should need citation since it's a very well known fact and well... they don't call it a jumping 'jack' for the hell of it 71.87.7.14 11:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: First of all, calm down. Second of all, the citation wasn't because people don't know what the exercise is; it's because, well, if Jack LaLanne was the inspiration for it, then why isn't there any mention of it in HIS article? Anthony Rupert 15:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I didn't know that; I just stated what was already on the article. That's why I noted that it was unreferenced. Anthony Rupert 03:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: ...........

message: I was told that we call the jumping Jack a side straddle hop in the military because 'jumping Jack' has racial connotations. Can anyone shed some light on this? 98.218.196.224 (talk) 06:13, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Side Straddle Hop 

message: Referring to any event as "current" doesnot comply with the Wikipedia standard - the date (or at least year) should be indicated: 
"in 2010(?) the world champion was ..."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RGwroc (talk • contribs) 22:58, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  currently 

message: A side straddle hop is not a star jump. A star jump begins in a squatting position with the hands on the ground between and slightly in front of the feet. Execution is to jump straight up, extending the arms over the head at the peak of the jump. Landing is the reverse, touching down and resuming the squatting, hands on the ground position. That is one repetition.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.162.128.55 (talk) 14:48, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Star jump

message: I can't help but find this article disappointing. It's common sense that jumping jacks are one of the most commonly practice exercises yet on its wikipedia page there is barely any info. How about variations of forms? How about the health benefits? How about any risks from not using the proper form? I'm not qualified to answer any of these questions, I'm just shocked to not see the answers here. Honestly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push-up VS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_Jack ... Come on work-out gurus, get on this! :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tripphwiki (talk • contribs) 06:01, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You are welcome to expand the page yourself. There's no such thing as being "qualified"; all you need to do is find reliable sources that support whatever you want to add.  One minor point, though, on your mention of "risks": Wikipedia is not a how-to guide, so be sure that whatever you add in that sense is not writing like a set of training instructions about how to do them well.  Qwyrxian (talk) 02:06, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:   Disappointing   

message: I thought a star jump involved jumping into the air, making the star shape mid-air (arms out not up) and then landing with the feed together again? Turkeyphant 01:07, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star jump different 

message: I moved the page from Jumping Jack to Jumping jack. It's clear that this is not named after Jack Lalane or a specific Jack, and the article states that it's likely named after the game, which is lowercase. Additionally, the internal use of the word is lowercase and so are the variants. I've moved it per naming conventions. Keegan (talk) 01:09, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moved 

message: The "vartiation" section says "Matthew Graul set the Guinness World Record for number of star jumps..." but the name is linked to Ashrita Furman.  Which one is it then?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.175.37.10 (talk) 20:04, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matthew Graul or Ashrita Furman 

message: If there's any article that's crying out to be illustrated with a video rather than a still, and one where a freely licensed video could easily be obtained or created, it's this one. Daniel Case (talk) 21:20, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Video

message: Ji 110.227.38.126 (talk) 05:40, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Happy