The Score: Western United star Connor Pain passing time in isolation by assisting his mother teach school students

A-League star Connor Pain is putting his skills to good use in isolation, the Western United gun helping his mother teach physical education students basic sporting principles, such as throwing and catching. WATCH

Western United star Connor Pain is making good use of his time in isolation. Picture: Glenn Ferguson

Western United winger Connor Pain has found a new vocation during the A-League shutdown.

Pain has become a teaching assistant to his mother, Karen, who is the PE co-ordinator at the Brighton Primary School.

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The soccer star features prominently in weekly videos which are being sent out to students to encourage them to practise their ball skills while at home.

Karen introduces her assistant in the 'Throwing & Catching' video as "my son Connor whose day job, and what he normally does, is he's a soccer player".

He's then put through a series of exercises using a tennis ball as his mother films the action and explains what the kids need to be doing.

Connor's soccer skills have also been utilised in another video which was sent out to the Grade 3-6 students.

We hope he's getting a sling from his mother for his efforts given Pain's not currently receiving a pay check from Western United.

The league's new franchise is one of seven clubs who have stood down their players because of the coronavirus bringing the season to a halt.

Pain, 26, made his name at Melbourne Victory before moving to the Central Coast Mariners where he spent the past three seasons before returning home to be a member of United's inaugural squad.

The A-League is planning on resuming its season – which was suspended on March 24 with five rounds remaining – in August.

Jockey Chris Caserta might want to think twice the next time he goes to the loo after weighing out before a race. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

JOCKEY’S TOUGH (LOO) BREAK

It proved to be a very expensive trip to the toilet.

Apprentice jockey Chris Caserta is $200 lighter in the pocket after weighing in under at Bairnsdale on Sunday.

Caserta was found to be half-a-kilo under when he weighed in after finishing second last on Purvie's Princess in Race 5.

His explanation to stewards was that he'd been to the toilet do to number twos after weighing out before the race.

They didn't see the funny side of his toilet issues and fined him for "negligence which could have led to a breach of the rules".

It's been a rollercoaster 18 months for Caserta who in February last year stripped down to 44kg to ride two-year-old filly Jedastar in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington.

A month later he was suspended for four weeks for betting and then in July suffered a serious injury in a race fall at Sale which sidelined him for six months.

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LLOYDY’S QUEST FOR INSTA’S BLUE TICK

Essendon great Matthew Lloyd is on a mission.

The Bombers full-forward had his 'Footy Classified' co-hosts in stitches on Monday night when he revealed his desperation to get an official blue tick on his Instagram account.

Lloyd, who has a blue tick on his Twitter account, was bemused when his request for official verification on his Instagram account was knocked back.

He received a message saying: "Your account wasn't verified because it doesn't meet the criteria for verification. You can submit another request in 30 days".

The blue tick means that the profile has been confirmed, it's not a fake account and is the official profile for that person, or brand that it represents.

Lloyd, who has 18,000 followers on Instagram, found examples of little-known AFL players such as Brisbane Lions Connor Ballenden and Carlton rookie Matthew Owies who have the blue tick.

He went on to list another handful of examples and then produced a graphic which showed their AFL exploits added up to 30 games and 12 goals compared to his 279 games and 926 goals.

THE WHISPER

The future of the VFL continues to be up in the air but we hear one scenario for this year is an eight-team competition including the five stand-alone clubs plus reserves teams from Richmond, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs.

Originally published as The Score: Western United star Connor Pain passing time in isolation by assisting his mother teach school students