PE did you love it or loathe it??

Loved it. Loved Hockey and captained the team.
I was in the school swimming team and proud to say we had a lot of success. I was always the start with back stroke in the relay race.
I was taught to dive by an army pt instructor who married the girl next door. I taught my granddaughter the exact same way.

Loved everything but netball which I was hopeless at. Gymnastics was my favourite. I struggled academically so it was a small oasis of joy instead of the usual struggles.

Absolutely loved it. Played hockey for the school and went for County trials. Played until I had my first baby.

Really enjoyed tennis, gymnastics and most athletics.

I was in the school swimming team too.
Best days of my life.

Hated PE as I fell over a lot . Couldn't catch or hit a ball . I had no co ordination . Swimming I sank went swimming on the surface but ok swimming under water. And the inforced showers was a nightmare the games teacher would watch us all go through it. Every one made sure their period lasted a week to get out of having a shower.

But funny enough when I started to exercise in 2018 I found I loved it. Go to sit fit and move it or lose it classes every week and exercise at home .

I loved it, our PE teachers were fun, I was at a all Girls school that was quite progressive for the late 60's early 70's.

I wasn't a brilliant. But a reasonably good all rounder at most sports. I Played Hockey for the School and was a OK Sprinter in Athletics.
Loved it especially in the summer when we, were allowed to use the big Grass Quad, which we jointly shared with the Boys school next door We could also it use during the Lunch time in the summer, with the lads joining us.

I loved it and was pretty good at them all except swimming. I've continued to do some sport/exercise all my life and it's given me lots of pleasure and a fair few injuries! Both my daughters have enjoyed a range of sports too and my grandchildren also.

Loved netball and tennis but disliked hockey.
I was never a fast runner and couldn't jump nor did I ever manage to climb the ropes right to the top.
We did a kind of music and movement too, wearing awful tunics with matching baggy knickers.

It was disappointing to go to college to find neither gym nor games were part of the curriculum.

Loathed both gym and games. We played lacrosse, not hockey. In those days the lacrosse sticks were wooden and heavy. It was all a total waste of time for me, and soon the sadistic teachers stopped bothering with me. I wasn’t worth the effort. Mostly I got out of it, anyway, by one means or another. Rounders was the best, because I used to be backstop and could spend the time making daisy chains.

I wasn’t short of exercise because I did ballet, which I adored. Much to my delight, Margot Fonteyn also said she had hated games at school, so I was in good company! (She had been to an English girls’ school in Shanghai, where she lived as a child,)


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There were 28 girls in my form and when hockey teams were picked I was always in the six left out. What a crazy system, so humiliating. Showers were even worse, put me off for life. I didn’t mind netball and athletics but I wasn’t any good. Gym was awful. I did try, but when I saw it didn’t get me anywhere I stopped trying.

I hated PE and games, I was hopeless at everything. And Miss W--- hated me because I was useless. One girl was brilliant at everything, so was obviously teacher`s pet.

I’m another one who loved PE (we just called it Games)

I played hockey, rounders and tennis for the school - earning your ‘colours’ was something we all aspired to and was vice captain of the swimming team.
There were only three of us in my form who were sporty but I used to feel a huge sense of pride and joy when my friends who hated games would turn up at matches and yell their support. It was the only school where I was able to stay for five years due to being an RAF brat so making lasting friendships meant a lot to me.

Loathed most sports and was only any good at netball, providing I was goal shooter. Still no interest in sport, nor have my DDs but my GC are both exceptionally sporty - taking after their paternal GGF who was a County Swimmer.

I hated it because I was useless. I eventually found that I was quite good as a shooter in netball, but not good enough to be in the school team. In my last year at school I quite liked tennis, but wasn't very good at it. Nowadays I really enjoy Tai Chi and feel better for it.
It was a great shock when I gave birth to a child who could do it all. County level gymnast, held the high jump record at her school for some years after she left, had children at her primary school refusing to race against her because she always won, and took to riding as if she'd been born in the saddle. Now her youngest son is just the same! Star of his football team, plays badminton and tennis, rides his bike for miles, and his place at grammar school is partly due to his sporting talents. His brother is perfectly happy doing none of it.

I hated it, especially having to go into the shower that had no curtain. I found it very embarrassing.

If you opted out of PE then were caught talking as the teacher was talking, you got the slipper. Made you think twice !! If you were not white it was worse.

I’m going to join the loathed team. We had 1 period a week in 3rd & 4th form, oh the relief to reach the senior school and NO phys ed. Detested the baggy school rompers we had to wear, safe to say all the girls did. But strangely loved tennis and netball and swimming. Still remember the 6 or so weeks every year spent on gymnastics, cringeworthy! Dancing in the winter months was fun, so not all bad.

Hated PE. I still hate any form of physical exercise - I push myself to go out for a short daily walk. What can I say - my little grandsons call me Nannylazybones - I love it 😍

I hated PE. We had a horrible poky changing room that always smelled of sweat and those rubber plimsolls. I did love ice skating on a Saturday afternoon at our local rink. I wish I'd pursued it further after I left school.

I loved it.

Was in school swimming and netball team.

I had a free pass for the local swimming pool and spent hours training.

Loved athletics and was frequently picked for competing in county wide meetings etc.

I am an outdoorsy type of person - still am and never happier than being outside.

Saying that like others we had one ridiculous shouty sports mistress, but I let most of it go over my head. I always felt sorry for her.

Hated it. Aertex shirts and navy knickers. I could never shin up the ropes or jump the horse. Games was just as bad and athletics awful. Who remembers the ‘Western Roll ‘ ?

I neither loved or hated it I used to look forward to it as a nice distraction in the day, we had a lovely (simple in those days) gymnasium on the premises We had climbing bars on the wall and ropes that pulled out and ‘horses’ I was very average
We played tennis in the summer and hockey in the winter we didn’t do any athletics
I was usually picked towards the end of the choosing situation too not quite last and it was horrible, holding your breathe and fingers crossed
We never did swimming and we never had showers or changing rooms just got dressed in the two bg changing rooms outside the gym
I didn’t like the PE/games teacher at all I thought she was strict and horrible obviously she wasn’t keen on me because I wasn’t one of the best ones
I just remember our blue mottled legs in the winter playing hockey

Not my happiest memories although we had lovely teachers who encouraged rather than bullied us.

I just remember being so cold, shivering on the muddy but frozen field where we played hockey and lacrosse. Never understood the rules and the whole thing was an ordeal.

Gymnastics was sometimes fun but always with the dreaded communal showers, a bunch of skinny girls trying to cover up our pubescent bodies whilst the teacher watched us to make sure nobody ducked out of it.

I liked rounders and tennis in summer although was never much good at either.

None of my four children were particularly athletic but all go to the gym nowadays. DGD is the athlete, she plays on two softball teams and is really good. I’m glad as it keeps her very busy so not as much time for social media.

Not that keen on PE, which involved climbing ropes, jumping over the ‘horse’, trampolining, athletics in the summer. I was no good at high jump, long jump, hurdles, anything like that.

Games however, was a different matter. Loved hockey in the winter, was right half, played in both the Under XV’s, Second X1 and First X1, and in the summer, swimming. Did all my bronze, silver, gold medals plus several lifesaving ones.

No good at tennis, and netball was for the ones who didn’t like hockey.

I hated - dreaded - it. I only once got picked for a team when I had miraculously put in a good performance at a netball session. As part of the team my fortunes reversed, we lost, and no-one spoke to me for the rest of the day!
I a very good cricketer, but girls, of course, were not allowed to play cricket!

Dark brown PE knickers and beige T shirts and no skirts to cover us up
teanspieted to a field by coach for ritual humiliation.

Fortunately Miss Shea our games teacher had a sense of humour and my sense of humour appealed to her, so I could distract the lesson by making her laugh, so although I was a biggish girl I got through relatively unscathed, and actually enjoyed PE.

Maths was a different story ex rugby playing, part of sadistic boys gym teachers group of bullies might have the knowledge but lacked skill for teaching.