tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post3226787905360051425..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: Psychomotor learningThe upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-86201231944594188522011-01-24T13:16:38.472+00:002011-01-24T13:16:38.472+00:00@Virginia My son doesn't get anywhere near thi...@Virginia My son doesn't get anywhere near this level of support from the school coach, I assure you. This is the town team - an altogether different prospect!<br /><br />In South Africa and the UK, rugby is a winter sport, and is even played (within reason) in the snow. South African pitches are known to be very hard and injuries can be severe... but the understanding is that it is a rough sport and you have to be prepared to take that into account when you play.<br /><br />My son accidentally dislocated the top joint of one kid's finger yesterday during a tackle. No-one turned a hair.The upsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-29383069565729530312011-01-24T12:58:24.392+00:002011-01-24T12:58:24.392+00:00Your son is lucky he has a coach who is willing to...Your son is lucky he has a coach who is willing to work with him. My son was the kicker for American football for the first time in his last year of school (he had played soccer or football as you call it since he was 7 and wanted to switch). While he had the raw talent, he had very little direction. The position was given to a freshman who's dad coached him on the sidelines. What was unfortunate was that this boy was still growing (literally) so he was small for the team, and he had issues with knowing where his body was on any given day. My son was ok with this as he just wanted to be on the team. At the end of the season, his coach did say he regretted not using my son more and giving him more coaching initially.<br /><br />Just as a side line, it seems strange to see the images of them playing rugby as we are not able to do so between November and March (at the earliest, often they don't start until April) as the ground is dangerously frozen during that time.V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.com