I used to work at a mixed private school in England teaching sport. I spent time watching the older girls (aged 17 - 18) and wondering if i could ever get trampled by them. I was only 24 then so it was not unusual for me to be using the sports facilities, like the gym, swimming pool or weights room. I noticed that many of the girls would turn up for after hours training in the gym, if they were part of the sports teams. After changing, they'd often not enter the gym by the main doors, but by a side entrance from the changing rooms into the equipment room and then into the gym. The equipment room was full of crash mats on the floor. So I reckoned I could lay beneath them and get trampled..... I decided to choose a particularly busy Thursday after school session, when the girls would be in and out for a few hours. I went into the equipment room, positioned the mats and then lay underneath one which I placed in front of the exit and entrance to the changing rooms. About 4pm, I heard female voices enter the sports hall and go into the changing room. After about 5 minutes, I heard the equipment room door open and braced myself. The first girl just walked straight over me and into the gym. There was a pause for 30 seconds or so before the door opened again and more girls trampled over me. I lay there for 10 minutes or so, as pairs of sneakers pressed down onto my body and face beneath the mat. I continued to be trampled for about an hour as the girls went back and forth to the changing rooms. By the time it was over, I didn't really want to move. I only ever did it once, as the equipment room was always kept very tidy following a student accident. But a whole netball team had crushed me underfoot and they never knew. That makes it all the more exciting I think.

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