Yah - pulling braids is one of the tamer of the ideas we get about touching girls.
And we want to do it long before they want to let us. That’s where the rough play comes in.
By the time I was in Jr. High, I could out-athlete all the boys in class and most of them in the school. Small town, small schools.
I excelled at soft ball, and was a center fielder. In basketball, I was a guard because I was so tall, but I had practiced so much that I never missed a basket. Volleyball was good because I was the server. Somehow, I was always chosen first!
And my athletic body is now an arthritic body. The price I paid for being in demand!