Jock Check

Did you have a jockstrap check when you were in gym class? When the teacher called "jock check," we had to pull the strap out of our shorts and snap it loudly to prove we were adequately protected.

In the winter, we had to pull down our sweats and snap the strap, but often the shorts ended up coming down, too, in the hurry and half the lads had their bare cheeks showing. At the time I thought nothing of it, but now I wonder if some of the teachers, particularly the substitutes, were a bit more eager about the jock check than perhaps they should have been.