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<blockquote data-quote="Cruz_del_Sur" data-source="post: 1217992" data-attributes="member: 55747">Friends. No one in my family practiced sports and i guess that&#039;s why they tried to overcompensate with me. So whenever i began a sentence like &#039;mom, what do you think about me giving xyz sport a try?&#039;, before i could end the line my parents had already registered me at the local club, packed a pair of shorts, socks, a jersey and some booties in a bag and were screaming at me from outside the house &#039;come on Cruz, we&#039;re running late!&#039;. Maybe they couldn&#039;t stand me and just wanted me out of the house. Who knows?I&#039;ve tried a lot of sports, a LOT. Rugby stuck tho. It&#039;s is a rather flexible sport in the sense that there is a some wiggle room in terms of what you can bring to the table. You can get away with being slow, fat, skinny, tall, short, dumb... you just need to put yourself in a position where those drawbacks are not really a deal breaker. Are you slow? Then maybe wing and full back aint for you. Cant throw a straight pass? Avoid playing at #9. Etc, etc.I did see a huge difference in the camaraderie outside the pitch when compared to other sports. Nothing came remotely close. Not saying it&#039;s the most important aspect, but it definitely helped me.This one is, imo, very tricky. And the reason is mostly about technique. Tackling is a good example. No matter how coordinated, big or strong you are, tackling an opponent who is coming at you at full speed is something that requires a set of moves that are not that intuitive. At least not for most. You can get hurt, hurt someone and/or leave your team with 14 men quite easily if you don&#039;t know what you are doing.Particularly when it comes to head and shoulder placement. If you don&#039;t learn that as as a kid, it can get tricky. Similar things could be said about scrummaging, ruck clearing, etc. There are other parts of the game that are just as technical, but they don&#039;t leave you as exposed physically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cruz_del_Sur, post: 1217992, member: 55747"] Friends. No one in my family practiced sports and i guess that's why they tried to overcompensate with me. So whenever i began a sentence like 'mom, what do you think about me giving xyz sport a try?', before i could end the line my parents had already registered me at the local club, packed a pair of shorts, socks, a jersey and some booties in a bag and were screaming at me from outside the house 'come on Cruz, we're running late!'. Maybe they couldn't stand me and just wanted me out of the house. Who knows? I've tried a lot of sports, a LOT. Rugby stuck tho. It's is a rather flexible sport in the sense that there is a some wiggle room in terms of what you can bring to the table. You can get away with being slow, fat, skinny, tall, short, dumb... you just need to put yourself in a position where those drawbacks are not really a deal breaker. Are you slow? Then maybe wing and full back aint for you. Cant throw a straight pass? Avoid playing at #9. Etc, etc. I did see a huge difference in the camaraderie outside the pitch when compared to other sports. Nothing came remotely close. Not saying it's the most important aspect, but it definitely helped me. This one is, imo, very tricky. And the reason is mostly about technique. Tackling is a good example. No matter how coordinated, big or strong you are, tackling an opponent who is coming at you at full speed is something that requires a set of moves that are not that intuitive. At least not for most. You can get hurt, hurt someone and/or leave your team with 14 men quite easily if you don't know what you are doing. Particularly when it comes to head and shoulder placement. If you don't learn that as as a kid, it can get tricky. Similar things could be said about scrummaging, ruck clearing, etc. There are other parts of the game that are just as technical, but they don't leave you as exposed physically. [/QUOTE]

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