I Love Gymnastics

I loved it when I had to take off my shoes and socks for PE lessons. I would run around the gym in my bare feet, make shapes with my body, and express myself freely 😌

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Adec757 · 51-55, M

Great to see the school allowing bare feet for indoor p.e. and not wanting you in plimsolls / trainers!

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Adec757 You can't do gymnastics with anything on your feet 🙂

Adec757 · 51-55, M

@SunshineGirl exactly, I never did. Some schools will prefer plimsolls for general purpose indoor p.e.

Uncle · 46-50, M

@SunshineGirl I taught at a primary school once for a bit where the kids were barefeet as part of the school uniform policy actually. But then, that was in a warm country.

Adec757 · 51-55, M

@Uncle I'm teaching secondary now in the UK.

Uncle · 46-50, M

@Adec757 I'm a freelance language teacher (all ages) in Berlin these days. No gymnastics at all, I'm afraid. :)

Adec757 · 51-55, M

@Uncle what did you prefer when you participated in gym and indoor p.e?

Uncle · 46-50, M

@Adec757 Socks and trainers. What can I say, it meant we were playing football... :)

I should mention that barefoot was not an option anywhere I went to school.

Adec757 · 51-55, M

@Uncle you can't knock football, ended up playing until I was 42 😀

Uncle · 46-50, M

@Adec757 True that! Bad knees and back made me stop years earlier than you. Should not have done all that parachuting stuff. :) I still enjoy watching and playing a little, though. I'm not crippled, it just hurts after a bit. :)

Adec757 · 51-55, M

@Uncle still running in to bowl on the cricket pitch 😀