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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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Lady1576 · 03/08/2024 23:12

Born 1083 - definitely did triple jump at school.

roughride24 · 03/08/2024 23:08

We did it all, including triple jump in the 90s. Nothing was off limits however we had the fear of god put in to us as the PE teacher had once had a child with a javelin stuck in her head because she wasn't looking where she was going. None of us dared move when anyone was throwing that thing.

I was great at long jump, I used to compete. Miraculously my displaced womb managed to bear 2 kids but I do have endo 🤔

Justleaveitblankthen · 03/08/2024 23:04

SilverPuffin · 03/08/2024 19:55

I started (a girls) high school in 1995 and we definitely did triple jump in athletics, called it ‘hop skip and jump though’.

Edited

Oh yes! I'd forgotten all about that.

We did this, alongside every other Olympic category (except boxing/horses etc) in the early '80s

miniaturepixieonacid · 03/08/2024 23:01

FretfulPorpentine · 03/08/2024 22:55

Can you ask why, when term starts again?!

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Sure, if I remember. I've really never given it enough attention. The boys plays Rugby which the girls don't and the girls play Netball and Lacrosse which the boys don't so there are other differences. I think they also run different distances (boys do 400m and I don't think girls do).

Both sexes do Hockey, Football, Tennis and Cricket. And most Athletics are the same.

WorriedRelative · 03/08/2024 22:57

Secondary a school 90-95 definitely did 1500m, I was less bad at that than most other track events.

We did high jump and long jump but not triple jump. Same for boys though, we all did the same for athletics.

We didn't do Javelin unless being considered for a team due to safety issues and there was no hammer, just shot put and discus.

Andwhatfreshhellisthis · 03/08/2024 22:56

Frostycottagegarden · 03/08/2024 19:56

Absolutely in the 80s. We were told it was bad for the pelvis.

This and also told we couldn’t play rugby, box or play cricket (first two as two violent last as it was too complicated for girls apparently 🤣)

Hockey and childbirth were fine though

FretfulPorpentine · 03/08/2024 22:55

miniaturepixieonacid · 03/08/2024 22:14

Triple Jump is still boys only where I teach - and Year 8 boys only, at that (the oldest year group in the year). Younger boys and all girls only do Long Jump. No idea why, I'm not in the games dept.

I think I did do a bit of Triple Jump at school as a teenager. But only a lesson, not a sports day event. Can't remember what the boys did.

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Can you ask why, when term starts again?!

Didimum · 03/08/2024 22:50

How strange. I went through secondary school in the 90s and yes the girls all did triple jump.

miniaturepixieonacid · 03/08/2024 22:47

PoliteOtter · 03/08/2024 22:29

We did pole vault. I was crap at it but we did it. The bar came off backwards so it was really just launching yourself onto a mat.

Wow, that's amazing. I was just wondering today how on earth someone would start off getting into pole vaulting. So cool but so niche. And I imagine you must have to have very specific, careful training to be able to coach young people in it. Not something your average PE teacher could teach, I'm sure.

ShowOfHands · 03/08/2024 22:46

High school 92-97 and we did triple jump.

No cricket or rugby though because misogyny.

Itisjustmyopinion · 03/08/2024 22:41

Was at a regular Scottish high school 92-98 and we definitely did the triple jump. Didn’t jump into sand though just jumped and landed on the pitch

The only thing we got to opt out of was the proper sized hurdles but everyone still had to do baby hurdles

Our school wasn’t particularly sporty so it was just the normal curriculum to do all track and field stuff.

I definitely would have remembered them saying something about girls not doing it because of their “insides” as my stubborn teen self would have probably insisted on doing it to make a point 😂

Porridgeislife · 03/08/2024 22:39

At school in the late 90s and we did triple jump, high jump, javelin, shotput, hurdles and all running distances including cross country. Cricket, football and touch rugby were also played.

Why on earth would triple jump be bad for your pelvis but not, say, gymnastics?

canonlydoblue · 03/08/2024 22:35

I started secondary in 96 and definitely did triple jump. Didn't think my secondary was at all progressive...

ElizabethCage · 03/08/2024 22:34

I did triple jump at school in the 90s lol

Waitformetoarrive · 03/08/2024 22:34

Did the triple jump at my school in the early 90s.

PoliteOtter · 03/08/2024 22:29

We did pole vault. I was crap at it but we did it. The bar came off backwards so it was really just launching yourself onto a mat.

HemelHan · 03/08/2024 22:21

the reasoning is giving me this vibe 😂 … we had to do everything

mean girls GIF
miniaturepixieonacid · 03/08/2024 22:14

Triple Jump is still boys only where I teach - and Year 8 boys only, at that (the oldest year group in the year). Younger boys and all girls only do Long Jump. No idea why, I'm not in the games dept.

I think I did do a bit of Triple Jump at school as a teenager. But only a lesson, not a sports day event. Can't remember what the boys did.

LyricalGangsta · 03/08/2024 22:12

At 5'11 I was forced into hurdles, triple jump, high jump and long jump.
We were told we were not allowed to do any vaulting in year 10 and 11 due to damage to joints which was most disappointing

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 03/08/2024 22:10

SilverPuffin · 03/08/2024 19:55

I started (a girls) high school in 1995 and we definitely did triple jump in athletics, called it ‘hop skip and jump though’.

Edited

I started high school in 1994 and we also definitely did it, also recall the hop skip and a jump.

yeesh · 03/08/2024 21:57

born 1981, we did triple jump but they wouldn’t let us play rugby

StrawberryWater · 03/08/2024 21:57

GrannyWeatherwaxsHatpin · 03/08/2024 21:52

We definitely did triple jump in the early to mid 90s. I dreaded it because the sand pit was used as a litter tray by local cats <boak>

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Ours was right on the edge of the sports field where people walked their dogs so we had to rake it out once a week. Grim.

It was also next to a goat pen and it stunk to high heaven.

StrawberryWater · 03/08/2024 21:55

I did the triple jump. I have a photo of me doing it.

JoanDarc · 03/08/2024 21:55

Yep, exact same here. Scottish state high school early/ mid nineties. Girls weren’t allowed to do it due to pelvis/ hip issues apparently, I was desperate to try it as good at long jump so gutted to not be allowed!

GrannyWeatherwaxsHatpin · 03/08/2024 21:54

And we did cross-country too, along with the 1500m. I remember with horror just how many laps of the athletics track that was!

We might have been a bit progressive as girls also played cricket at my school, much to the horror of the male PE teachers.

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