But as much as I yelled, as much as I grounded them, they did not become the top students their older brother and younger sister are.
As I land gently on the ground, the desire to get back to the top of the slope to repeat the jump is overwhelming.
He nodded and I moved to the stove in the corner, fingers shaking as I measured grounds into the pot and added water.
"I was building as fast as I could break ground," he says.
It happened so quickly the man had already fled, laughing, with his friends as I hit the ground.
Breaking my back in two places taught me about myself I came off a horse on my farm and as I hit the ground I heard two large cracks and felt a lot of pain.
As I left the ground, jacket off and sun tickling the back of my neck, I felt satisfied at enduring the vagaries of the April weather.
"I arrived thinking we were bringing freedom to Vietnamese people but as soon as I hit the ground I realised that wasn't happening.
"I caught it flush and as I hit the ground I saw it hit the back of the net and it was a fantastic feeling.
