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To think that girls weren't allowed to do triple jump at school in the 90s?

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ImRonBurgandy · 03/08/2024 19:48

Just that. I definitely remember (secondary 1990-98) being told that we couldn't do triple jump as it could damage our insides?

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 05/08/2024 22:52

We did triple jump, London, 1980s

Mnetcurious · 05/08/2024 22:41

I went to secondary school in the mid 90s. Us girls did triple jump, I remember because I hated it.

Prometheus · 05/08/2024 22:38

I was at high school in 1991-1996 and we did triple jump and 1500 metres. It This was a working class school in the north west. All our PE teachers were female.

123dogdog · 05/08/2024 22:25

I don’t think my school had triple jump. We had an outdoor long jump, but most people refused to jump into it because it usually dog or cat shit in it, as it was a joint school/community playing field.

we had discus, hurdles and a painted track on the grass. And once the teacher set up a high jump inside. That was the extent of our athletics.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 05/08/2024 22:01

I was at secondary school 1990-97. We definitely did triple jump as I was the person doing it for the team at one point. We didn’t do it until year 10 / 4th year though.

SockQueen · 05/08/2024 21:45

SkankingWombat · 05/08/2024 20:02

Ooo, I hadn't considered that would be a problem - could they not have a general anaesthetic? I'm not sure I'd want to be awake whilst they yanked it out!

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Oh they would absolutely get a general anaesthetic! But they'd need a tube in their airway once asleep, and having a javelin in your neck makes that a bit more tricky than usual...

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/08/2024 20:22

We did triple jump in the 90’s

SkankingWombat · 05/08/2024 20:02

SockQueen · 05/08/2024 17:43

I still remember that! I was always very careful at athletics as a result.

Now I'm an anaesthetist and I go down a mental rabbit hole wondering how I'd anaesthetise them for its removal.

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Ooo, I hadn't considered that would be a problem - could they not have a general anaesthetic? I'm not sure I'd want to be awake whilst they yanked it out!

MrsClatterbuck · 05/08/2024 18:38

Girls only did the long jump at our school. This was in the seventies.

LutonBeds · 05/08/2024 18:27

I was in high school 91-96 and unfortunately had to do all the above mentioned. The only
thing my school didn’t do was the one where you twirled around with a metal ball (hammer?).

Sounreasonable · 05/08/2024 18:25

RightOnTheEdge · 04/08/2024 17:32

Hop, skip and jump/triple jump in middle school and in secondary.
We did all the athletics.
Girls weren't allowed to do rugby or football though. A teacher said they weren't insured for girls to do it 🙄

It seemed like madness to let kids loose with javelins now though 😆

Oh yeah, definitely no football or rugby for girls.

Sounreasonable · 05/08/2024 18:24

We did triple jump (1998-2005) but didn’t have to do the 1,500 meters run like the boys- we only had to do 800 meters!

Boredlass · 05/08/2024 17:48

I definitely did but it was hop, skip and jump

SockQueen · 05/08/2024 17:43

SkankingWombat · 04/08/2024 13:50

There was an episode of BBC's 999 that showed a recreation of a school javelin accident. It went through a boy's neck and the fire brigade had to carefully saw off the lengths both sides before he could be taken to hospital IIRC 🤢

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I still remember that! I was always very careful at athletics as a result.

Now I'm an anaesthetist and I go down a mental rabbit hole wondering how I'd anaesthetise them for its removal.

WitchyBits · 04/08/2024 17:52

I competed in the long jump, triple jump, discuss, javelin and shot put and raced in the relay and 1500m every year in high school. I was born in 1979 .

RightOnTheEdge · 04/08/2024 17:32

Hop, skip and jump/triple jump in middle school and in secondary.
We did all the athletics.
Girls weren't allowed to do rugby or football though. A teacher said they weren't insured for girls to do it 🙄

It seemed like madness to let kids loose with javelins now though 😆

TransvestitesOnParade · 04/08/2024 14:49

I mean, they used to think women's uteruses would fly out of their bodies if they went in a 'high speed' train i.e. over approx 50mph, soooooo...?

yarnwitch · 04/08/2024 13:58

I did it at secondary in the 90's. From memory there weren't any sports that just girls weren't allowed to do.

Longcommute · 04/08/2024 13:52

I did triple jump at school in the 90s. I was terrible at it 😂

SkankingWombat · 04/08/2024 13:50

Floatlikeafeather2 · 04/08/2024 00:29

All PE teachers, since the beginning of time, will tell about the child with a javelin stuck in their head because they weren't being careful. They probably shared the ambulance with the child who had their face smashed in by a discus, who were also not being careful. 🤣

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There was an episode of BBC's 999 that showed a recreation of a school javelin accident. It went through a boy's neck and the fire brigade had to carefully saw off the lengths both sides before he could be taken to hospital IIRC 🤢

Floatlikeafeather2 · 04/08/2024 09:27

ImRonBurgandy · 04/08/2024 05:30

I actually did get hit with a discus. Luckily not yet thrown, but another pupil hit me with it during their spin. For some reason we were in the sports hall and it was a bit crowded in there.

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That just sounds like a classful of accidents waiting to happen! I actually got hit in the face with a tennis racket once (in the days when rackets were made of wood and strung with cat gut so quite heavy things) because the girls from one entire year group were being made to practice rallying on 4 tennis courts. Ludicrous. I was allowed to sit down for 5mins then had to join in again. Turned out a piece had been chipped off my brow bone. We were tough in those days! 😊

Natsku · 04/08/2024 08:51

I remember we did it in primary school (hop, skip and jump!) but can't remember if we did it in secondary school. I do remember the longest girls running race on sports day was 800m compared to the boys 1500m but we did all do the 1500m in a PE lesson one day (and I am still gutted about my result, I was doing so well, in the front pack with the fastest boys but then my shoelace came undone so I stopped to do it up and couldn't catch up with them again)

QueenofLouisiana · 04/08/2024 08:35

I was in secondary from 87-94, we did triple jump, 1500m and cricket. No football, rugby or basketball though.

Willmafrockfit · 04/08/2024 08:31

my friend female played cricket but she had to go elsewhere to do this in 1977

RonObvious · 04/08/2024 08:12

I remember being told that women couldn't do push ups, as they put too much pressure on our wombs! At my school, the girls sports were definitely viewed as being bess important that boys sports. I remember wanting to play cricket and rugby, but only being allowed to play rounders and netball.