Our other child, Fred, is more of an extrovert who thrives and needs to be with people. A summer without social connections won’t be right for him, but in a different way. Fred could still feel lonely, but it may be harder to spot. He might join a new rugby club and sur...
It is lunchtime when I arrive at Wellington College, a state secondary school for boys, and hundreds of children are spilling out on to the school’s rugby pitches, tossing around balls and performing hair-raising tackles on each other. “We try and stop them tackling for safety reasons duri...
High intensity actions such as running, jumping, tackling and changing directioncreate temporary muscle damage and soreness. If the exercise is of long enough duration, the fuel stored in our muscles for energy (glycogen)can become depleted too. In a hot or humid environment, the body alsoloses...
High intensity actions such as running, jumping, tackling and changing directioncreate temporary muscle damage and soreness. If the exercise is of long enough duration, the fuel stored in our muscles for energy (glycogen)can become depleted too. In a hot or humid environment, the body alsoloses...