To: lepton
"Whose name for that was it? Did any instructions include removing actual clothing (beyond socks while having shoes put back on)? Does YOUR having a foot-fetish make ME a pervert for not realizing it?"
The article stated that the strip-volleyball game "...required that team members take off shoes, socks, kneepads or hair accessories..."
My daughter was on the 8th grade volleyball team at her school last year. The gear they wear is for their own protection, and every coach knows this. There is no good reason for removing any it during practice.
That leaves only bad reasons.
Having said that, let me state for the record, that any foot-fetish that I may or may not have is reserved soley for women of a less pediatric vintage.
To: Sabertooth
My daughter was on the 8th grade volleyball team at her school last year. The gear they wear is for their own protection, and every coach knows this. There is no good reason for removing any it during practice. Yes. Safety is a concern - and the one that came to my mind...but that's not the question. On the other hand, pads in volleyball are mostly for dealing with rub-burns, not actual impacts. Barefoot is O.K. No socks in shoes are O.K., but playing in stocking feet is daft.
156 posted on
11/08/2001 8:20:05 AM PST by
lepton
To: Sabertooth
My daughter was on the 8th grade volleyball team at her school last year. The gear they wear is for their own protection, and every coach knows this. There is no good reason for removing any it during practice. Yes. Safety is a concern - and the one that came to my mind...but that's not the question. On the other hand, pads in volleyball are mostly for dealing with rub-burns, not actual impacts. Barefoot is O.K. No socks in shoes are O.K., but playing in stocking feet is daft.
157 posted on
11/08/2001 8:20:25 AM PST by
lepton
To: Sabertooth
The gear they wear is for their own protection, and every coach knows this. There is no good reason for removing any it during practice. You've hit another homer with that point. Again, I think the coaches were wrong. However, I'd prefer to stop short of firing them until improper intent is proven... my beloved fellow FReepers are about 90% of the way there with just the circumstantial evidence, though! =^)
To: Sabertooth
Only a coach with an agenda unrelated to improving volleyball skills could be so stupid as to advocate this.They ought to be fired.
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