More Crazy Gym Games

     Last week in gym we played broomball, a crazy combination of roller skating and hockey. This week we stepped it up by playing basketball on roller skates, with the added physicality of hockey. Once again this "sport" combines two things that I'm not particularly good at, skating and basketballing. While hockey isn't much different with roller skates, basketball definitely is. You wouldn't think it makes that much of a difference, but it completely chances the game. Everything associated with shooting is completely off. Many times I made shots without being at a perfect stand-still, and as a result, the trajectory of  my shot was way off. Even a simple layup becomes difficult when you have the added velocity of the skates. Defending is also nearly impossible considering I am unable to skate backwards. When the attacker gets by me with the ball, I can't generate any momentum going backwards so they are able to blow by me every time. And then we get to the physicality. Nobody on either team, with the exception of one or two, are really good at skating at all. I, like most of the people playing, am can skate decently fast in one direction. So this becomes a problem when nobody can quickly change directions. We've had a few big collisions over the past few days but I don’t think anyone has been seriously injured.

     I must say that I am really impressed that the gym teachers have let this go on. I've always thought of them as uptight and very strict when it comes to fooling around and being aggressive. Even last year my friends and I lost the privilege to play basketball because we were "disrespecting the sport". But I'm glad to say that I think the gym teacher have finally lightened up and are letting us just have fun.