Exercise and fitness: three-way rugby

Self-tutoring about keeping fit: the tutor relates…

With such a strong suggestion that people should stay home, yet a 15-yr-old and 17-yr-old, plus myself, needing exercise, what were we to do? I decided we’d play 3-way rugby.

The ball was a Nerf football; the goal, a large planting pot placed on the grass. We took turns at starting with the ball; that person began in a “safe zone” about 25 feet from the “goal.”

The possessor tried to score, while the other two defended. My older son, Paul, wasn’t allowed to grapple when he was defending; he’s just too strong from wrestling and strength training. However, he could when he had the ball. My younger son, James, and I as well, could grapple anytime. Any method of prevention from judo, wrestling, or rugby was allowed.

At one point, when Paul had the ball, he used that opportunity to do a perfect judo throw on me: suddenly I could see my feet pointing to the sky. James, a parkourist, managed a few goals by his clever maneuvers. I got the least goals.

We played around 35 minutes then did a 10-minute cool-down with some parkour. The weather was perfect. Three-way rugby was a lot of fun:)