Pefect Example why the kids today are wusses.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/18/no.tag.ap/index.html

You know, when I was in school, we played tag and usually tackled people to get them. We also played dodgeball by kicking basketballs across the cage(b-ball courts) outside. Next thing you know, high scool football will be two-hand tap.o:

 

The term "pussification of America" is never too strong of a term.

 

You gotta go back to when we played battleball in the gym. You could really get those volleyballs moving pretty good. Of course, head shots were outlawed, even as far back as the mid-80s. Man I miss those days of pounding the small kids who coudn't catch and those who were directionally challenged (i.e., didn't know which way to move to get out of the way).

 

We had a game called mat-ball which was a mix between kickball and dodgeball but you had to round the bases, which were those fold out mats for tumbling, twice and multiple people could be on the base. Anyway, it was so entertaining when the slow kid came up to kick. This is mean but we would get like a pack of wolfs going out on a hunt. We put spin on the ball to make it go a certain way, usually to the best thrower.(I swear this kid could throw a riser 55mph with a kick ball) As soon as that kid took off we nail him and one time, the kid with the crazy kick-ball arm threw it from cross court and nail him in the face, knocking him down. He was safe because of the rules but, he learned to get faster and keep a look out.

I miss the Darwinism of PE class.

 

The slow kids always had their own special P.E. class where I went to school. Or maybe this is the class in which you are referring?

 

The problem began when the industrial revolution took physical exertion out of life and schools had to take time for activities like PE. Kids working behind a mule for hours a day, picking corn by hand (That will build ya Pop-Eye like forearms) or picking 100-150 lb. of cotton each day weren't weak and didn't waste time with games trying to show others up. It was about getting food on the table. My 8 year old needs to lose his gameboy and cut me a cord of wood before he eats tonight. It might get down into the 30's tonight and I need a fire.

 

Kids today are not wusses. They still like banging into each other. The problem is the litigious nature of parents today.

 

I had people shoot for my head all the time in battle ball (this was late 80's). One of the jocks did that to me (as I would qualify as directionally challenged). I absolutely snapped and beat the crap out of him. That was the only time I ever got into trouble at school where my dad gave me a high five for it.

 

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. Try coaching a rec. soccer team. Parents have gotten way too out of control.