What were your experiences like in your Physical Education classes. What was your teachers like and what was your PE Uniform at Primary and secondary.

Did you enjoy the subject and were the facilities good.
Did you do your lessons in Barefeet or Trainers and did you decide and not me made to by the teacher?

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happygoluckygal · F

I love my PE classes and teachers are very encouraging. We have one main gym or the main assembly hall to use if we are doing anything outside and it rains suddenly.
For primary school it was white skirt or shorts and top. I usually wore plimsoles unless I forgot then it was barefoot.
At secondary we have shorts and school polo top.
Since I was 13 I get blisters on my heels ( must have soft feet) and have tried plasters and two pairs of socks but still sore so I got told to do it in my barefeet.
I did try socks but but they were too slippy so been doing it barefoot for a few years now.
We get to do hockey or tennis outside and the boys do football or running so it's a good choice.

lizzielost · F

@happygoluckygal Socks on a hard gym floor are not safe. I'm sorry about your blisters, but bare feet are much better if you can't wear plimsolls 🙂

happygoluckygal · F

@lizzielost Yes that's true, I only had socks for a few minutes and had to take them off.
I wish we could wear our trainers but they want to keep us all the same .
I don't understand why people say doing PE barefoot is good for you though.

GentleLucille · 26-30, F

@happygoluckygal You can grip and feel the floor and apparatus better with bare feet and toes. So you are not always looking downwards at where your feet are and you can concentrate better on whatever you are doing.

Plus in cold weather it helps strengthen your immunity to coughs and colds!

happygoluckygal · F

@GentleLucille At this time of year it's not so good as the floor bus freezing cold to start with sometimes.

GentleLucille · 26-30, F

@happygoluckygal I sympathise - it is painful at this time of year. I remember sitting crosslegged in the changing rooms waiting for the register to be called - just so my feet didn't have to touch the cold concrete floor!

happygoluckygal · F

@GentleLucille It's still the same, I have to go from changing room to PE hall in barefeet and it's freezing in Winter season

GentleLucille · 26-30, F

@happygoluckygal What sort of stuff do you do in PE in the winter?

happygoluckygal · F

@GentleLucille Just normal, some running, skipping.
Tic tac toe game. And pickleball lately, which is a bit like mini tennis.
We sometimes do circuits