Threadly reminder before the game tonight that Tua was abused as a child and has PTSD from his father beating on him and making him throw left handed by force:
>Galu Tagovailoa was a power-lifter who played defensive line.
>At 5-foot-9, he isn't a towering presence. And as a lefty, he was a rarity in his Hawaiian family. That bugged him until his son came along. When a young Tua Tagovailoa didn't deviate from the dominant genes in the family, dad stepped in.
>"You know," Galu Tagovailoa said well over a decade later, "I switched him to a left hander. But he's actually a right hander."
>To this day, Alabama's true freshman quarterback does everything but throw a football with his right arm. Dad just wanted another lefty to throw the ball when son was about three or four.
>It stuck.
>"It just became fluent and he just grew into it," Galu Tagovailoa told AL.com. "That's the crazy part about it. I never thought I could make him adapt to that. As we constantly kept putting the ball on his left hand, eventually he grew into throwing the ball with his left."
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>Back in 2018, during his time as a player for the Alabama Crimson Tide, Tua Tagovailoa shocked many when he openly disclosed in an ESPN interview that he had been disciplined by his father using a rather unconventional approach.
>“If I don’t perform well, perform the way I’m supposed to, I’m gonna get it after,” stated Tua. He further added, “Just know the belt was involved and other things were involved, as well”.
>Tua’s dad on the other hand had a blast confirming the awful behavior. He said, “I was tough. He can go 15-for-15 with four touchdowns, but when he throws a pick, it’s the worst game. It’s the worst game”.
Go phins!
