It's bad enough that there's a debate as to what professional sports are, but how is it ever going to be settle when there's confusion starting at such a young age?Enter the stupidity of the New York City public schooling system, who has moved to implement double dutch as an officially sanctioned sport in high schools. School officials say adding double dutch to the calendar should get hundreds of students participating in an enjoyable aerobic activity. I say it's school - you don't have a choice. Take your mandated physical education classes and run those laps!
"We're always thinking, what do we need to do to get more kids playing?" said Eric Goldstein, chief executive of the Public School Athletic League. Sure, like take something that kids are already playing on their own and now make it a school activity. Double dutch will be a spring sport this coming school year after basketball season is over and there is space in the gyms. Because that makes it look more legit if it's indoors and not on the street, where it's done all the time.
The game has been a competitive activity since the 1970s when police Detective David Walker worked with physical education instructors to develop rules and a scoring system. However, it isn't an official sport in any other school district in the United States, Goldstein said. and that's right - it's not.
"We're the first, and we like being first," he said. Yes, the New Yorker mentality - first it best, regardless of what it is.
Ruth Payne, a retired drug-prevention counselor who coaches double dutch, said "It's a great thing. Thousands of girls jump rope, but they do it as a recreational sport, just for fun. For it to be in the schools, that means it's getting good recognition as a sport." Actually, it means you gave it recognition as a sport. It was just a playground game until then. Payne said young people who participate in double dutch learn skills that will help them succeed in life - "They learn how to negotiate, they learn how to talk, they learn discipline. And they learn to work together." Yeah, and most importantly, they learn how to twirl a rope.
"We're always thinking, what do we need to do to get more kids playing?" said Eric Goldstein, chief executive of the Public School Athletic League. Sure, like take something that kids are already playing on their own and now make it a school activity. Double dutch will be a spring sport this coming school year after basketball season is over and there is space in the gyms. Because that makes it look more legit if it's indoors and not on the street, where it's done all the time.
The game has been a competitive activity since the 1970s when police Detective David Walker worked with physical education instructors to develop rules and a scoring system. However, it isn't an official sport in any other school district in the United States, Goldstein said. and that's right - it's not.
"We're the first, and we like being first," he said. Yes, the New Yorker mentality - first it best, regardless of what it is.
Ruth Payne, a retired drug-prevention counselor who coaches double dutch, said "It's a great thing. Thousands of girls jump rope, but they do it as a recreational sport, just for fun. For it to be in the schools, that means it's getting good recognition as a sport." Actually, it means you gave it recognition as a sport. It was just a playground game until then. Payne said young people who participate in double dutch learn skills that will help them succeed in life - "They learn how to negotiate, they learn how to talk, they learn discipline. And they learn to work together." Yeah, and most importantly, they learn how to twirl a rope.
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