Male Bonding

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A different kind of locker room talk with the England rugby team veteran Danny Care

It is the ultimate in men's friendships, a group of men push the head to the bottom of the rugby scrum, all for The Team .

Now a new mental fitness regime, with lessons from the rough and tumble of The Pitch , helping the boy to open it and about your feelings speak.

Promoted by men's health charity Movember-the program teaches cabins young on Mental Health in the familiar surroundings of your local rugby club locker room.

The goal is to stop young people unhappy always, the suicide cases of the morning.

suicide is the leading cause of death of men aged 15 to 49 years, and there is not able to be confronted growing awareness of the risks of Young Men , if you want to learn to be open about their Mental Health .

The Mental Health program, Before The Game , uses trained ex-players of Rugby Union and League to work with youth members in the community rugby clubs.

you can teach the young players How To recognize when a friend is suffering, and how you can support.

'Open'

you Take a man-to-man concept works, in order to circumvent the cultural expectations for boys and men "man-up" rather than to open it and the risk seems to say, weak, the next love.

The program will be expanded over the next 18 months to 8,000 young people, athletes and coaches in 21 towns and cities in the North of England - as part of the Rugby League World Cup in 2021.

It Comes at a time when the awareness of the serious risks That Young Men are not growing, if you take care of your mental well-being.

instead of directly talking about the depression and anxiety, the program uses the language of the elite sport, in order to stress, like mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness.

'Roller coaster'

the England international and Harlequins scrum-says half Danny Care , life threw him many curve balls during his very successful Rugby Union career

Old Ruts U15s on the field of play, with England veteran Danny Care and Before The Game , Paul Wilson

"Rugby is a game of ultimate team. It must be all the 15 do your best all the time," he says.

"If a man does not do his job properly - it is up to each down can.

"It's a roller-coaster ride, and this can add a lot of pressure on the boys playing in the community club level, about playing for your country," he said.

"I've had times when I have to play injured before The World Cup and was not able to.

"I snapped a bone in my foot and needed surgery and missed the 2011 World Cup .

"It's the big build-up was to have it taken away for so long, And Then it is That you in The Last minute. So you need to be persistent.

"luckily, four years later, I got a chance again. "

'Strong state'

the idea behind The program is That these boys learn the resilience That you build on the field of play, and the mental-fitness-training you will receive in the locker room, and apply them more frequently in your life.

national player Danny Care talks with The Team about the opening

And the ones That seem at Old Ruts rugby club in Wimbledon to be certainly to do just That .

Daniel , 15, says: "Two years ago, I was in quite a difficult position, because I was bullied for 10 years. I had panic attacks.

"I have autism and Dyslexia - and it is especially hard for people like us, to tell us how we feel.

"This program has shown me That there are people who can help, and That people are able to about what Hurts . "

Daniel and Sasha have a close bond with

And it seems Daniel has learned to talk and lean on friends such as Sasha, who has also experienced bullying

"Now, if someone insults me, then I get Over It faster.

"I simply say to myself: 'so be it'. It has made me improve really helped, how I deal with things like this.", he says.

What is normal?

And Sean, 15, says the program has helped to develop it, deeper friendships.

"We talk to each other, and if we are in a bad situation, in which we learn things from our chest. "

parents, club rugby, coaches and officials take part, and are equipped with the ability to detect and the awareness of when someone is feeling.

"It is about understanding what behavior of a normal teenager, and if it could be Something Else ," says Tracy herd, who manages The Charity -suicide prevention.

For tips on How To "spot a bro, feeling low", check the.

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Source of news: bbc.com