As easy as riding a bike?

[nicejewishgirl]

Hi,
Wonder if anyone has any thoughts on this. Any advice appreciated. My DS is nearly 6. He has always struggled with practical things. We started him on a trike at 2. He never even learned to pedal it, despite lots of encouragement.
I bought him a bike last year but he never learned to ride it properly either. He did master pedalling, but that was it. Now he has grown out of that bike, so I got him a really smart new one to try to encourage him. It's really hard going. He finds it so difficult. He needs stabilisers but even with those he can't ride it. He always asks me to grab the handlebars to help him. He doesn't seem to put much effort in either. I see younger kids without stabilisers, confidently pedalling away, so I worry!
He's very bright with a reading age of nearly 9. I get so frustrated with him and then I feel terrible. He also finds learning a ride a scooter difficult but he is making slow progress with this.

I was exactly the same as your son - advanced at reading and academic stuff, slow at practical, physical things. I struggled to learn to ride a bike and tbh still find it quite hard as an adult. Also useless at sport.

Maybe he's just not that co-ordinated naturally. But practice will help. I actually wish I'd been made to do a bit more practice at physical stuff when younger as I might be better at it now.