My cautionary tale of anti-tips for teaching others to ride a unicycle, ending with a painful bruised tailbone: I’m trying to add to the population of unicyclist - #2 by unitortoise
I think this was another variation of “beginner type #3”. In this case the friend hadn’t had the interest to seek out trying before, but maybe went into it with too much confidence in his own abilities (and/or my teaching abilities). The blame definitely lies with me for not taking a more cautious approach (and insisting on more safety precautions like starting with support on both sides), but as a would-be teacher this is another kind of student to watch out for.