KnockBack, Episode 239 | Gym Class
Added 2022-09-05 16:01:05 +0000 UTCFor school children around the world, gym class is a grueling, years-long rite of passage, and when we were growing up, it was especially arduous. Climbing ropes. Getting picked last. The dreaded Presidential Challenge. Square dancing?! Let's be honest: Gym was (and still is) complete nonsense -- a distraction from learning the fundamentals -- but it's a collective memory for most of us, and it's the perfect topic for KnockBack. So nock your arrow, pull yourself up, go watch film, and then join us for an extensive discussion about a piece of perpetual Americana: Physical education. Or the lack thereof.
Topic starts at 0:19:57
Comments
Super late comment, I was born in 1999. Growing up in elementary school from 1st thru 5th grade (two different elementary schools, same district) we did 1-2 weeks of dancing every year. Little cart with a cd player hooked up to it. Then we were partnered up in pairs and danced. I always hated it because I didn’t like touching people without my consent (hand holding and stuff). And yes. We square danced too.
Kevin Luther
2024-07-01 23:36:03 +0000 UTCI’m from upstate NY near the VT border (Whitehall NY). We had all the same gym “units” for the most part, including square dancing and line dancing. My school was very small so we had coed gym K-12. It was brutal! I got kicked in the shins in soccer, pushed and had jammed fingers in basketball, basically got assaulted in swimming…. I had a bathing suit with a zipper that some boy in 7/8th grade unzipped!! The outdoor compass and map activity you did in Maine was called orienteering for us. Probably a made up term. Lol Our final practice for orienteering was a field trip to Saratoga park. You may have heard of Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). It’s in the same park, along with acres and acres of forest, trails, picnic areas etc. Orienteering there with a bunch of 9th-10th graders was an absolute shit show! This was around 2000-2001ish. We’re the same age.
Casey Lloyd
2022-10-05 17:24:38 +0000 UTCI witnessed myself do it nearly every time I was up. Fucking hated kickball.
MarkGrouch
2022-09-26 01:14:46 +0000 UTCI think my gym teachers said about 10 words to me over the years.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-14 15:19:48 +0000 UTCOh man.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-14 15:19:28 +0000 UTCI don't think so.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-14 15:19:19 +0000 UTCHas anyone else witnessed someone strike out in kickball?
GU7_
2022-09-14 04:58:16 +0000 UTCThough its true that P.E is usually treated as a means to wear out kids with ideally some healthy competitors as well as cooperation, it is technically an education of your body through physical activities. In my school here in Australia, we learned about the effects of gravity on balls, projectiles, how to use your body correctly to maximise performance in different sports while minimising damage to your bones, muscles and tendons. Leaning angles and trajectories. Most importantly, the psychology of mental stress and how it effects performance in a sport, which can be adapted to real life situations.
Jakob Podstawek
2022-09-12 21:47:22 +0000 UTCWhat part eastern wa? Yakima here
Chris Adams
2022-09-12 16:28:05 +0000 UTCI never had to square dance but we did have line dancing. It was during the "Acky breaky heart" craze mid 90's
Chris Adams
2022-09-12 16:26:55 +0000 UTCInteresting.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-11 19:19:16 +0000 UTCYou missed out.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-11 19:19:07 +0000 UTCGreat episode! I grew up in eastern Washington and we had the exact a same games and activities in our pe classes. From the parachute to kick ball even line dancing. However it was required from sixth grade on that we had to shower after class.
Ryan Greenwood
2022-09-07 01:48:10 +0000 UTCI never heard of safety town before. Guess we didn’t have that in Freeport. Definitely didn’t have any dancing at all. And what’s this about skateboarding in gym now? That’s pretty cool. Overall, I feel like this was one of the better eps you’ve done. Dagan makes some great points about how gym class may actually be doing more mental harm than any physical good. Came off very passionate at times. ❤️
NeO JD
2022-09-07 01:38:02 +0000 UTCThank you for listening. =)
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-07 01:24:54 +0000 UTCGlad we could deliver.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-07 01:24:41 +0000 UTCNice. =)
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-07 01:24:35 +0000 UTCI suppose. I think we should just make the day that much shorter.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-07 01:24:26 +0000 UTCYes!
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-07 01:24:15 +0000 UTC=\
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-07 01:24:08 +0000 UTCPowerful episode. From the nostalgia of giant parachutes and dolly boards to the harsh reality of being stuck with a near useless bachelor's degree and deciding if a master's program makes economic sense. Thank you both.
macdaddyx4
2022-09-07 00:45:05 +0000 UTCShoutout from Ronkonkoma! I always love these episodes that reflect on stories and happenings so close to home!
Chris Fazio
2022-09-06 16:19:44 +0000 UTCGreat episode boys. I introduced cartoonist Kayfabe to Dagan via DMs more then a year ago. Glad that he keeps up with their content
Kenneth Oms
2022-09-06 16:00:55 +0000 UTCThe point of gym class is to break up the monotony of being in class all day from morning to afternoon to help children burn off energy. Could be better ways to do that, but that’s the original purpose
Jeffery Carlson
2022-09-06 13:13:31 +0000 UTCMan, the kickball arc was legendary. There was no bigger ego stroke than to juke a ball being thrown at you and all the kids going crazy
Justspartan
2022-09-06 11:27:22 +0000 UTCA boy I knew in middle school cried when he was hit in the head during dodgeball. Dodgeball hasn't been played in my town for about 15 years afaik.
MJ SKA BOI
2022-09-06 10:33:05 +0000 UTCI concur.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-06 03:21:34 +0000 UTCIt's funny that this torture transcends time and space.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-06 03:21:29 +0000 UTCFailing Gym was always weird to me. You literally just had to change clothes for the most part. Didn’t really have to participate.
Brandon Soto
2022-09-06 01:46:06 +0000 UTCHaha dude, this episode is so relatable for me. Everything you guys are talking about, I also went through. The weird changing in locker rooms before and after class, square dancing, all of it. And I grew up in CA, was in high school from 2011-2015, and square dancing was still a thing. It was so awkward, I hated it lol. But we did have archery, which was dope.
Will Hahn
2022-09-05 23:12:46 +0000 UTC<3
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-05 20:34:01 +0000 UTCNo. I tried to extend a hand several times over the years. He’s welcome to reach out, but that ship has sailed as far as I’m concerned. Sacred is a far bigger show than PSILY; we’re doing our own thing.
Colin Moriarty
2022-09-05 20:33:55 +0000 UTCWould you have Greg on for a 4 hour SS+ on the current state of PlayStation? Maybe having him on or going back to a PSILY might smooth things over in your mind. Being public and cordial about things would make it known that both sides have truly made it over the hump and moved passed it.
Jordan Falduto
2022-09-05 18:27:44 +0000 UTCOh yes
Michael (ObjoGaming)
2022-09-05 17:21:57 +0000 UTC
