Please help! Coaching a skill session but no skills

[Laney39]

My 16ds has to do a presentation and teach the class a new skill. Most are doing football, basketball drills. He has dyspraxia and isn't good at sports except watersports but obvious can't teach this. He isn't good at drawing or anything requiring hand to eye coordination.
He's really worried and getting anxious, any ideas what drills or skill he could possibly teach?

Does he know how to tie any knots ( I recall dyspraxic ds did for his sailing levels), how to navigate/steer using the wind?

What is he into?

He's into archery bit can't bring all the equipment in and kayaking but again not in a school hall. Apart from that just playstation games and social media crap No real interests or skills he could teach

What lesson is it for?

Could it be as simple as origami paper aeroplanes or elastic band guns?

Or what about some computer skills - does he know how to do anything neat on the computer that others might find useful?

What @jamnation said. Very difficult to help when all we've got to go on it stuff you say he can't do.

Until we know more, perhaps he could learn something simple to share?

CPR or a basic First Aid skill?
Whistle using your fingers or a blade of grass?
A simple vedic maths trick?
How to remember people's names?
Crack an egg one-handed?
Breathing techniques to calm yourself when you're nervous?
Take better photos using the rule of thirds?

Ah, just saw your update.

Are there any principles about aiming from archery he could teach? And everyone could practice using paper balls into a wastepaper basket?

If its not a physical skill how about how to organise and manage an event.

Eg he is asked to organise a student exchange program for the class or a class trip to a overseas sporting event

Select the tasks and timings Separate the class into teams to cover individual tasks eg
Team A organise entry requirements eg covid 19 requirements, parental permission letters etc.
Team B prep work price air travel and locations. Team C&D do mini local day trips.

or a number of fund raiser to pay for the event.
Eg a quiz night would be venue questions advertising sponsors for prizes etc

The point is to be good at teaching something, it doesn't matter what but obviously it will help if it is something that will engage his audience. Archery actually sounds good is there any chance he could do a demo on how to hold the bow etc in the hall, then they could go outside and do the shooting.

Any water safety he could teach? How to spot a rip tide? Floating for survival??
The knots would be good if he is comfortable with them.

What about teaching about his dyspraxia- what ppl can look for and accommodations to teach people.
He could have ppl try to do skills but with dyspraxia issues eg the non dominant hand, fingers tied together etc.

Thanks everyone some great ideas! Hea going to do some first aid training with bandages and how to make a sling. He feels so much better and more positive about it all now. Thanks so much

Solving a rubix cube
Learn to make an origami frog or balloon modelling or similar, must be lots of videos on you tube.
Could he make a fancy sandwich? A ‘fake away’ version of a subway might be considered cool.

that's a great idea.. Glad he feels better.

Balloon animals is a good idea as it's fun and they will probably enjoy making them. It's best to do something people can have a go at as it takes the pressure of a bit. Stops everyone from looking and listening just to you.

My dc learnt how to shuffle cards properly in lockdown. Puts a whole new spin on Cluedo.

Balloon animals is a great idea but unfortunately he has a fear of balloons

I have dyspraxia and had to do this for an interview. I taught the panel how to do a bowline knit the one with the rabbit and the tree. Into watersports and a class full of 16 year olds I'd teach them how to pop up like on a surf board / how to work out if you are goofy or regular footed/ how to look out for and get out of a riptide in the sea.