I used to believe that snow skiers jumped off the ski lift while it was still high in the air. I believed this until I learned to ski and realized that the ski lift ends at the top of the mountain where you just stand up on the ground to get off the chair.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- I used to belive if someone liftes you up, and you lift them at the same time, you will float in the air.— D'Anthony
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph
- I never knew why boys had to lift up the toilet seat...until my friend told me that boys had bad aim.Anon
- I used to believe that snow on the ground was clouds that were too tired to fly.— alex
- i once thought that if you jumped high enough in the air, you'd get stuck!Anon
- As a child I used think if I jumped too high on a trampoline I'd be sucked up into outer space.— Jenn