Dad advice sharing thread.
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@taniwharugby said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
so like the days you feel the proud glow of when your son does good, today, I saw the devastation in my boys eyes when the Dr said he was putting his arm in a cast for 2-3 weeks as precaution following an injury last weekend.
He had made a Cup team to play up in Kaikohe for a week during the school holidays and yesterday after training (he did all but contact) they tried on all the kit they would be getting.
Just heart breaking seeing his face in that moment when it dawned on him he may not be able to play (possibly can still play as cast will be off the week before, but he'll lose physical trainings and fitness just by not being able to do as much in next few weeks too.
The coach did say he can still be part of the team (TR Jnr doesn't know this yet as I just got off the phone to him) which will be good.
Had similar thing actually happen in the back end of last season when Phin busted his elbow (fell out off a swing or something at school) and was told season over. Ended up getting the cast off on the thursday before the last game of the season which he begged to play. Still had a bandage on some made him where a long sleeve under his shirt so it wasnt noticeable
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@jk yeah Josh had Tae Kwon Do grading on Saturday too, so I strapped it up and bandaged it, then one of the sparring sessions, he said the other guy kept hitting his arm as he was blocking him.
I think they are being over cautious TBH, have another appointment next week.
So I'll keep him doing squats and core stuff to keep his strength up (plays Loosehead) and on treadmill for some fitness.
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A bizarre incident occurred at my youngest's rugby match on Sunday. The teams ran out then the opposition coach ran out with a kid over his shoulder and dumped him on the field. The kid (who was the image of a Bogan brat) turned his back on his team and just kept playing with his hair. So the game started and he was just walking around the field with his back to play, tugging on his Bogan locks. It wasn't until 2 tried were scored that a person I presume was his mother ran (or rather waddled) onto the field to have a chat with him. He was then taken off but reappeared in the 2nd half (maybe bribed with a new Playstation) to throw one pass then wander off again. This is under 10s and the only time I've ever seen anything resemble this is from under 5 soccer. Utterly bizarre.
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Nothing wrong with loosehead prop! I held up that side of the scrum for nay on 25 years. If anything its the glory spot of the front row. You can break away fast get to that first breakdown and steal some ball.
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@mooshld said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
Nothing wrong with loosehead prop! I held up that side of the scrum for nay on 25 years. If anything its the glory spot of the front row. You can break away fast get to that first breakdown and steal some ball.
You're meant to say "Because I am the Lord Protector of Our Feed, and on their feed I get to savage their THP to within an inch of his life".
You're ruining this for all of us.
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@taniwharugby said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
@mooshld he likes LH or hooker, although wants to give 6 a crack like his old man
One thing about kids is that you can't always tell what their strengths and/or body shapes are going to be when they grow up (let alone the aspects of the game that they enjoy)
What is important to recognise though is that any developed physical skill implants itself and can be transferable to an extent. I know my boy used a lot from other sports in his rugby naturally especially around reading play and anticipation. Things like downhill mountain biking developed reaction time and control of fear for example. Within rugby, a player that gets the chance to play a number of positions will usually have much more rounded skills. We see this often with flankers that become front rowers or backs that become locks or flankers. -
@crucial well TR Jnr is moving more into the loosie body shape from prop last year.
There are a couple of boys (twins) in his team who have been rock stars since day 1, make all the rep teams, but at the moment they are basically doing rugby 6 days a week with the teams they are in (rep training on a Saturday after playing their game too) and their mum said one of them is losing abit of his spark as he is over it all, so they are trying to reduce the load where they can for him.
TR Jnr has stuff on 5 days a week but is not just rugby rugby rugby, so is benefitting from the other physical stuff he does (although limited somewhat with his arm in a cast)
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So after having his arm in a cast for a week, TR Jnr went back to hospital last week and we saw the 'head Othopedic Surgeon, who had it removed, got the impression if we had seen him the week before, he'd not have had it put in a cast!
Said the x-rays showed there was still bruising there, and this could take several more weeks to go away.
I had suggested he not play on the weekend, but he was adamant he was, so I strapped it up and on Saturday he played half a game for his team and made tackles using that arm and then played another half game on Sunday in his pre-Taniwha Shield tournament game vs Hokianga up at Taheke.
So he is pretty stoked, after 10 days ago fearing he may not play again until after the school holidays!
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@taniwharugby need to tap into the Saffers on here to find out what Matfield used to wear on his arm.
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TR Jnr is away at the Taniwha Shield (Northland wide U13 under 57kg at INtermediate tournament) this week. I went up for first game yesterday, and he is playing today, and it dawned on me this morning, that since he was 5, this was the first game I wont be there to watch him play, and is quite nerve racking waiting for someone to text me the result (game finished about 10 mins ago...)
edit: got a text from him saying they won 70-12. Appears a bit of a big gap between the top 4 and bottom 4 teams with the top 4 winning 91-5, 70-0, 70-12, 43-5, the team he plays tomorrow have won 69-0 and 70-0.