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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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Shennie100 · 03/08/2024 21:54

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’.

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Us too, I was at high school late 80s, early 90s

BiffandChip1 · 03/08/2024 21:53

At school in the 00s and nope we weren't allowed to do it either! Or the 400m!?!!

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>

Blushingm · 03/08/2024 21:44

I was in high school 90 - 97 and we did triple jump. We did everything in athletics the same as the boys except they did cross country and we didn't

OpizpuHeuvHiyo · 03/08/2024 21:43

Softleftpowerstance · 03/08/2024 19:56

It was called hop, skip and jump at my school in the 90s and girls were allowed to take part. We weren’t allowed to run the 1,500m though as we were told our bodies couldn’t cope with it.

We did triple-jump at my all-girls school in the late 80s/early 90s but I could never co-ordinate my feet and brain to do it right so always got either a terrible low distance or was disqualified for not doing the moves right.

Every girl from y9 up had to do the 1500m run at least once a year. There were posters up along the corridors giving the pb for every girl in the school for each of dozens of athletic events and the House Cup was awarded on the basis of points gained as the sheets filled up. You weren't allowed to have any empty boxes so each thing has to be attempted at least once, including the 1500m

cardibach · 03/08/2024 21:42

Softleftpowerstance · 03/08/2024 19:56

It was called hop, skip and jump at my school in the 90s and girls were allowed to take part. We weren’t allowed to run the 1,500m though as we were told our bodies couldn’t cope with it.

I left secondary in 1983 and we did 1500 and also much longer cross country. What sort of mad school did you go to?

SockQueen · 03/08/2024 21:41

1995-2002, private school. We did triple jump, though I was shit at athletics so opted out of it as much as possible. I don't think either sex did pole vault. I once got forced to run the 1500m for my house on sports day, walked half of it and got disqualified. Didn't play rugby or cricket but I think that was partly not having enough staff to coach it/girls interested in playing (quite a small school)

GreenShady · 03/08/2024 21:40

Yup - at school in 80s and girls weren't allowed to do pole vaulting.

ViciousCurrentBun · 03/08/2024 21:34

I did triple jump at school and I remember because I was bad at it and also long jump. I was however a decent distance runner.

damebarbaracartlandsbiggestfan · 03/08/2024 21:34

I'm envious of those that got the chance to try pole vault, neither of the secondaries I went to let any of us kids do that! 😄

Growlybear83 · 03/08/2024 21:33

We did the triple jump when I was at school in the 1970s.

KreedKafer · 03/08/2024 21:33

We did it at my school, and I was at secondary school 1987 - 1992. All girls’ school too.

damebarbaracartlandsbiggestfan · 03/08/2024 21:32

Good Lord I'm really shocked by some of these anecdotes. I was in the equivalent of todays year six at my first secondary school in 1988, and at both that secondary, and the next one I attended after we moved house, girls were fully encouraged to take part in all sports.

Pirrip · 03/08/2024 21:32

Girls' school 1970s - we did triple jump and, like another poster, cricket.

Plmnki · 03/08/2024 21:30

Bloody hell this is bizarre. Was born 1968 and this was totally fine in school (I was quite good at it). Weird nonsense about lady parts sounds like a sketch show not reali life. What on earth happened (that is relevant to this) in Britain between say 1980 and 1998?

didyoudothat · 03/08/2024 21:23

I did hop, skip and jump in the early 1980s
Don't remember any different treatment from boys at my school

LuluBlakey1 · 03/08/2024 21:23

Never did pole vault and was too scared to do javelin. Rubbish at shot. I only really could do running but hated it. I preferred tennis, badminton and squash. Hated netball, lacrosse and trampolining and gymnastics.

Toddlerteaplease · 03/08/2024 21:22

I think we did it in the 90's.

LuluBlakey1 · 03/08/2024 21:21

We did triple jump but called it 'Hop, Skip and Jump.

mitogoshi · 03/08/2024 21:20

Triple jump and Pole vault were only added to women's competition relatively recently.

thehousewiththesagegreensofa · 03/08/2024 21:20

I was at secondary school at the same time as you and did it. For some reason, despite not being at all athletic, I thought that, provided I got the timing right with the hop, I would gracefully fly through the air. That didn't happen! It was very disappointing. And very sandy.
We did the 1500 but were told that they didn't expect more than one or two of us to be able to run the whole way. I was baffled to get to Uni and find people running 5k and enjoying it.

PoliteOtter · 03/08/2024 21:19

Baffled by this. Pretty sure we did all of the above. 90s secondary. Not football, rugby or cricket though. Or 3000m but this was surely negated by endless cross-country running in a very hilly area.

WorriedMama12 · 03/08/2024 21:18

I did the triple jump at school in the late 90s early 2000s. What exactly did your school say it would do to our 'lady parts'?? Lol.

MiddleAgedLurker · 03/08/2024 21:09

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SkankingWombat · 03/08/2024 21:06

I started secondary in '95. We did the triple jump along with every other track & field event except for the hammer and pole vault. I hated getting sand in my socks from the triple and long jumps, but quite liked high jump and javelin. I made sure I was injured on the days we had to do any longer runs... 😬 We also did rugby, football and cricket too plus the usual 'girls' and 'unisex' sports (by old fashioned labelling).

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