Buzz·Posted on Jul 26, 201421 Problems Every Jump Roper Faces In Their Life"IT'S A REAL SPORT."by Christian ZamoraBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Encountering people who don't take your sport seriously. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. When your wire rope lashes out at you. View this photo on Instagram 3. Losing the ability to move any of your muscles after a workshop. View this photo on Instagram 4. Your rope splitting into two while you were in the middle of competing. View this photo on Instagram 5. So then you had to rejump ALL BY YOURSELF with literally everyone watching you. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. Becoming ultra competitive with everyone on rival teams. 7. And even your teammates who are in the same age group as you. 8. Making one little mistake that completely ruins the rest of your routine. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Your bladder suddenly becoming active EVERY TIME you start triples. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. There's never any room in your because it's always full of ropes. Rebecca Furth @BeccaSuzFurth #jumpropeproblems 11:00 PM - 11 Mar 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. Only qualifying for a few things at Nationals. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. The struggle of having to get back in-sync with your pairs freestyle partner after they mess up. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. Never having a real "summer break" because you're too busy practicing for Nationals EVERY DAY. Gabrielle Hasenyager @GHasenyager USA Jump Rope Nationals 2013! #jumprope #lasttime 09:05 PM - 20 Jun 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. Constantly worrying about landing on your head... 15. ... Someone landing on you... 16. ... Or basically eating it every time you get into the ropes. 17. Going from having the advantage of being the oldest in your age group... ... To the disadvantage of being the youngest the following year. 18. Slowly developing shin splints from all the wear and tear over the years. View this photo on Instagram 19. Falling behind on your school work because of how many Jump Rope For Heart shows you have to jump at. 20. Being chosen as the dreaded "fourth person" of your double dutch group. 21. And trying to keep your ropes from getting completely tangled together in your bag.