what kind of therapy for sports skills
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DD has HFA and is really, really bad at sports (although participates enthusiastically at everything). Her current sport is softball -- DH helped at practice today and noted that she runs significantly slower than everyone else, her throwing arm is much weaker than others, and she just can't figure out how to hold the bat correctly.
We already do gymnastics and have seen improvements in tone (she can finally do the monkey bars!). What else should we consider trying? |
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| Have you done OT? Try also Sports Plus. They are SN sports group. |
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#1. Do not compare who to other kids. It doesn't matter if she runs slower or throws weaker.
#2. Repeat step #1. In terms of holding the bat, put your hands over her hands and swing the bat together. 
It takes time and practice. |
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I don't care at all whether she's a good athlete. I do care a lot that she has fun, that she feels good about herself, and that other kids don't make fun of her. Thanks for the advice of how to teacher her batting. |
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It sounds like she's having fun. You're lucky b/c my kid hates doing anything with balls; his eye hand coordination stinks and he is acutely aware of it.
You can't prevent kids making fun of her. That's something the coaches need to address directly and promptly. If you have concerns, I'd bring it up to the coach. |
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| Not sure how old she is but have you tried Girl on the Run. It's a program for typically 3-5th grades and held at schools. It's a great running and self esteem slash friendship type activity. The girls train for a 5k and that can help with the running |
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+1 |
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Our OT did wonders for my dyspraxic son by breaking down the motor sequences. He's now a really great soccer and baseball player at age 7. But it wasn't easy. He had 5 years of OT and we also practiced at home. As someone else said, we literally put our hands over his to practice swinging the bat, throwing, etc.
Some sports still don't come easy. We had years of private swim lessons and he just didn't get the strokes. Find what your child gravitates toward and focus on that. |
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We have tried them however the sessions were SO expensive that we just couldn't continue going long enough to see any improvement with DS. |
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| There is KEEN, Moco Movement, therapeutic rec through the county, Sports Plus. |
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Oh, I totally understand where you're coming from. My DS is a baseball lover and aspires to be a MLB player (yeah, right). But, we encourage him just the same. He's got a lot of the issues you talk about. Having poor form and muscle weakness is a double whammy. Because of DS's muscle weakness, it crucial that he have good form/mechanics so he can capitalize on the muscle strength he does have.
My DH has become steeped himself in baseball 'mechanics' - which is what throwing and hitting are about. He's worked with DS to get those right, including videotaping when DS hits/throws and reviewing it with him to see where he's got bad form. DS has improved tremendously because of it. Same thing with hitting. We got a 'batting trainer' http://www.amazon.com/SwingAway-Bryce-Harper-Hitting-Machine/dp/B007MOJT7C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441900325&sr=8-1&keywords=bryce+harper+batting+trainer . Again, DH video tapes DS while he's practicing and they break it down. DH also videos him batting during games. When DS gets nervous (like when he's batting in a game), he forgets 'technique'. DS does a lot of practice, practice, practice so he has more automaticity in his actions. Don't think we're trying to mold a star athlete! We're not! We aspire to average in this and so many other things. DS just loves baseball and wants to be more proficient. I can only imagine what an awesome player he'd be if this were where is ability was. At least he has a passion....... |