For more than a decade, one Aussie rules team in regional Victoria has ensured all players are included in the experience, no matter their abilities. abc730
"I like training day," he says. "Yeah, we got good players."
"Why are they … pushed across the other side of the ground? And why [aren't] there more people being involved in helping these people out?"Working with team manager Suellen Betts, mother of one of the original Rockets, the all-abilities team quickly started to build momentum. "The biggest challenge, I think, is working out the right way to talk to the individual players," Glanville said.
"Some of 'em are full-on footballers that are brilliant at it … and others, they're not an athlete really at all," Glanville said. "Some of these parents have never thought their child would play footy [or] would have a day of travelling around the countryside supporting them."Wilson's parents have seen him blossom during his time with the Rockets. He's gone from being painfully shy and quiet, to forming friendships with his teammates."It gets us out of the house. And we love supporting, not just Tyler, but all of them. They're a great bunch of guys and girls," Elaine Wilson said.
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