Rugby - Dia/Day 1

Quem ve essa foto acha que essas pernas ai jogam futebol... Errado! Essas pernas jogam RUGBY.


Ontem eu decidi participar do treino feminino de rugby. Estava na duvida se deveria participar do treino ou participar de uma organizacao que faz trabalhos voluntarios. Bom, rugby ganhou... porque? Nem eu sei. Nao sei absolutamente nada sobre rugby, so sei que eh um esporte famoso no Reino Unido, na Australia, na Irlanda e no Canada. Ahh.. e um amigo meu, o Felipe Godoy joga no time de rugby da USP. Mas com o que o rugby se parece? Eh jogado num campo parecido com o campo de futebol, mas eh meio violento (tanto eh que os jogadores usam uma protecao pros dentes que nem os boxeadores). Parece um pouco com handball porque se passa a bola ate fazer o gol, mas tambem eh meio futebol americano com a excessao de que quando a bola caiu no chao o jogo nao para. Ja ouvi gente dizendo que eh que nem basquete porque os jogadores tem que se movimentar bastante mesmo sem ter a bola... Caramba, o que eh o rugby?? Ha uma grande controversia sobre a historia do rugby. Diz a lenda que William Webb Ellis, um estudante de Londres, estava jogando futebol em uma escola publica de Londres chamada Rugby 1823. Esse cara era muito ruim das pernas e ficou irritado com o jogo de futebol, e teria agarrado a bola nos braços e corrido no campo provocando a ira de seus colegas, que tentavam pará-lo agarrando-o de qualquer maneira. Assim, inconscientemente, o rapaz teria inventado o jogo de rugby. Depois comecou a ser jogado em outras escolas ate chegar na Universidade de Cambridge onde em 1872 eles formaram o primeiro Clube de Rubgy.
Eu nao sabia de nada disso ontem quando eu fui ao treino, mas eu fiz a minha "licao de casa" pra aprender um pouco sobre o jogo (pelo menos as regras basicas e o nome das posicoes). Assim que eu entender mais sobre o jogo eu explico mais... hehehe

<----Time feminino de Rugby da Sacramento State University

Ontem as meninas foram super legais comigo. A capita do time esta na minha sala de microbiologia e ela parece ser bem legal. Todas se apresentaram e tentanvam me explicar o que eu tinha que fazer. Eles me colocaram na defesa - onde as meninas mais magrinhas ficam - em vez do ataque - onde as gordinhas e fortes ficam... e apanham mais tambem. Dei muitos passes ruins, alguns bons e pouquissimos otimos, mas como o tecnico disse: pra quem nunca jogou e nao sabe nada sobre o jogo, eu me sai muito bem. Quinta feira vai ter outro treino... O Kuba foi assistir o treino ontem mas ele ficou escondido, eu nem sabia que ele tava la ate o final... heheheh

OBS: fotos: As pernas, Bola (parece uma "bola" ou mais parecida com um ovo.. tipo de futebol Americano porem mais leve e maior). O campo e o time feminino



------------------------- ENGLISH --------------------------------ate University

If you look at the first photo, you would think that those legs play soccer... WRONG! Those legs play Rugby.

Yesterday I decided to join the University's Rugby team. I was not sure if I wanted to participate in the rugby practice or participate at an organization that does volunteering work. Rugby won... Why? I am not even sure. I know absolutely nothing about rugby. All I know is that it is a very popular sport in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Canada. I also have a friend, Felipe Godoy, who plays for the University of Sao Paulo team. But what does rugby resemble? It is played in a field similar to a soccer field, however it is quite violent (the players even have to use a mouth piece similar to the one used by boxers). It is similar to handball in the way that you have to pass the ball along until you reach the goal. It also seems like it is American football with the exception that if the ball touches the ground, the play does not stop. I also heard people say that it is like basketball in the way that the players continuously move although they don't have the ball. WOW! What is rugby like?? The legend says that rugby was "invented" in Englang by a student called William Webb Ellis at a English Public School, in Rugby, London in 1823. During an inter-class soccer game, William, which was really bad a soccer got frustrated by not being able to kick the ball and grabed the ball and ran as fast as he could while his teammates were trying to catch him on the field. His teammates were very mad.
Other schools started playing the same game and in 1872 the University of Cambridge established the first "Rugby club".
I did not know any of that yesterday when I went to practice. I did my "homework" today and now I know the very basics of the game. As soon as I understand more about it, I will try to explain it.

But anyway... Yesterday the girls were very nice to me. The introduced themselves. The team capitan is in my Microbiology class and she seems very nice. All the girls gave me tips on how to play and what to do (which was nice of them). They placed me on deffense - where the smaller, thinner girls play - rather than offense - where the bigger and stronger girls play. I gave lots of bad passes... some good ones and few really good. The coach said that for someone who has never played or watched it before I was very good. On Thursday we will have another practice. Kuba went to watch the practice yesterday but he was hiding so that I could not see him and get distracted.

pictures: rugby legs, rugby ball (similar to American football ball but bigger), field and Sacramento State Rugby team.