[chinathrow]

You did great catching him. Always try to catch someone falling.

A friend became briefly unconscious once and fell while another friend didn't react fast enough to hold him. The result of hitting asphalt hard was bleeding in the brain the size of a fist and 5 days in hospital care with hearing troubles for weeks.

Edit: spelling.

[jatone]

don't try to catch, try to cushion the fall. trying to catch can lead to both of you being injured. esp when there is a large size differential