Rugby at school level

[spen666]

My previous reply nothwithstanding - teaching technique is one thing, but kids don't always choose to employ it. We did rugby briefly at school. I was normally with the hopeless kids. After a few weeks the teacher noticed I wasn't my brother and 'promoted' me to the good group. I distinctly remember intercepting a pass near our try line, slaloming past 3 or 4 of their team and sprinting up the pitch with loads of room to use and lots of momentum, toward their one remaining defender, who promtply ran straight at me and kicked me in the stomach, which admittedly worked as a way of stopping me. Especially given the studs.

It wasn't that he hadn't been taught how to tackle. He just chose not to. Like people playing sport do sometimes - it was worth him being sent off because it stopped me scoring and there was only a few minutes left, so his team 'won'

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Penalty try surely and as a result your team won?

 

[spen666]

Lets ban all sports and wrap everone in bubblewrap, save for a hole for mouth eyes and nose and make everyone wear a helmet at all times

 

[KneesUp]

Penalty try surely and as a result your team won?

We were never taught the rules. I remember the pain, the sending off and that we lost. That is all. We only did rugby for a term, and that was the last lesson.

 

[stephec]

Locally when I went to school most secondary school players used to use rugby league as a way of having a bit of fisticuffs.

In the last year we didn't have a team, and when I asked the PE teacher why he said, 'because it's just young boys trying to pretend that they are men instead of playing rugby.'

I saw a few missing front teeth and broken ribs as a result, but only one ripped ear as what you might call a genuine injury.

Eeeee, happy days.

 

[stephec]

its not about banning sport, for example in most of europe kids play what we'd call 5 a side they call it futsal, smaller ball, played mostly on the floor, smaller pitch negating to a degree of heading the ball, simple solution without banning the game.

That also sounds like a good way of developing skill and ball control as well.

 

[KneesUp]

Locally when I went to school most secondary school players used to use rugby league as a way of having a bit of fisticuffs.

In the last year we didn't have a team, and when I asked the PE teacher why he said, 'because it's just young boys trying to pretend that they are men instead of playing rugby.'

I saw a few missing front teeth and broken ribs as a result, but only one ripped ear as what you might call a genuine injury.

Eeeee, happy days.

Our PE teacher used to allow fights if he perceived they were 'fair' i.e. one on one. And I left school in the 1990s, not the 1930s.

 

[spen666]

its not about banning sport, for example in most of europe kids play what we'd call 5 a side they call it futsal, smaller ball, played mostly on the floor, smaller pitch negating to a degree of heading the ball, simple solution without banning the game.

Diddums may get hurt by the ball hitting him, or he may trip over.

Got to avoid any risk to anyone ever


Not sure playing futsal will ever equip anyone to be a rugby player either and for that matter can't recall many rugby players heading a ball

 

[spen666]

it is, its what made the Spanish national football team achieve so much.

As opposed to the drugs from Michael Fuentes as exposed in Operation Puerto

Strangely, the spanish football team have (allegedly) never been the same since that operation

 

[Profpointy]

Diddums may get hurt by the ball hitting him, or he may trip over.

Got to avoid any risk to anyone ever


Not sure playing futsal will ever equip anyone to be a rugby player either and for that matter can't recall many rugby players heading a ball

mmm, there was a quadraplegic guy at university after a school rugby injury. That's not to say it should be banned, but "diddums might get hurt" is a bit of an understatement

 

[spen666]

have you ever played sports, rugby is a game with a fair bit of contact to the head but your pisss poor attempt at humour tells me you don't really give a crap about the effect contact sports has on the young kids that play it.

Clearly you have not got a clue what you are on about


I played rugby for many years at a high level and am a child welfare officer in childrens sport as well.


Still none of that explains how futsall is going to equip people to play rugby or why you are worried about rugby players heading the ball

 

[spen666]

mmm, there was a quadraplegic guy at university after a school rugby injury. That's not to say it should be banned, but "diddums might get hurt" is a bit of an understatement

There was a child killed in my street crossing the road- perhaps we better ban that as well.

i also lost a childhood friend at the age of 21 who fell over and hit his head on the curb and died whilst walking down the pavement- better ban pavements as well

 

[Profpointy]

There was a child killed in my street crossing the road- perhaps we better ban that as well.

i also lost a childhood friend at the age of 21 who fell over and hit his head on the curb and died whilst walking down the pavement- better ban pavements as well

The point I took issue with was the crass term "diddums might get hurt" for devastating injury; equally inapropriate for your two examplrs

 

[byegad]

I played from age 11 to 16, could have played for the school, but I came from a relatively less well off home and had some sort of Saturday job over that time, so didn't. I did play for my House a few times as those games were on week nights!
I took a few knocks, got a couple of minor scars and learnt a lot about life while playing Rugby Union.
We can, and increasingly do, wrap our kids up and drive them everywhere, but childhood should surely be about learning to take chances and a few knocks, or they'll all turn into precious little people averse to the 'risk' of enjoying life.

 

[Venod]

No-one knew what a ruck or maul was.

I am still not sure,and I played a lot of Rugby (League)

 

[green1]

I am still not sure,and I played a lot of Rugby (League)

you wouldn't then. Rugby leagues players have evolved to be unable to count past 6.