Sports

[drizzellla]

[Meowingkitty]

Thank goodness I never had to do that. I hated PE. 

[spiderw]

I call that torture in gym class!!!!  We had to do certain exercises which weren't always easy but climbing a rope, no and I am grateful for that!!!!  

[kitcat51]

I hated climbing those ropes...also side jumps over a pummel horse, tumbling, flipping on a trampoline, swimming-diving, running outside in the heat and all those crazy gym teachers who expected you to be a world class athlete. In grade school I got bounced off a trampoline by a girl twice+ my size & broke my wrist. I can laugh about it now but gym class...ugh.

[catter70]

I remember it well. I was able to make it. 

[on the bay]

When you look at that now, it really is crazy and not such a safe thing that they made young kids do that!

Not everyone was training for the olympics!

[Meowingkitty]

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@kitcat51 wrote:

I hated climbing those ropes...also side jumps over a pummel horse, tumbling, flipping on a trampoline, swimming-diving, running outside in the heat and all those crazy gym teachers who expected you to be a world class athlete. In grade school I got bounced off a trampoline by a girl twice+ my size & broke my wrist. I can laugh about it now but gym class...ugh.

I agree with the gym teachers expecting everyone to be a world class athlete. I hated PE. Hated running in the heat, gymnastics was awful, and I couldn't throw a ball to save my life. I did kinda like volleyball and swimming. There wasn't one single sport I was even close to be good at. Fortunately my best friend had arthritis and was exempt from most PE activities and she managed to convince the teacher that her and I would be able to walk around the field for the hour and that would fulfill our PE requirement. We had great times walking that field. 

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[rockygems123]

@drizzellla 

We never had to do that maybe because it was Catholic school.

It was just the nuns that tortured us ha.

[cindyNC]

Ugh - hated that.  and never could do it. 

[JoePE]

The children in your photograph are heroes. . .I could never even get off the ground!  The stuff of nightmares. . .I remember it well.