Gymnastics for dyspraxic ds 6

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So he went along for a trail session. All was ok until the doors opened - cue the tears.

Fill out the medical needs form, feel deflated. Asks how his disability might effect his abilities - feel like saying "he want be able to do anything".

Watch him view the viewing area, he can't jump on two feet, so skips, can climb, can't balance, does like heights, can pull up on the bars.

I want to cry...

Comes out - he loved it! No awareness that he was totally poo. Love him x

Oh yay. That is so encouraging. Was the teacher good with him?

My DD 5 is dyspraxic and has the most fabulous swimming teacher who has her under his wing and allows her to swim in her own fashion. She loves the water and spends most of the lesson twisting under the water rather than swimming on top.

I was asked by another child this week is DD was actually going to swim this lesson which made me feel :( but I brightly said she would get there in her own time.

So pleased he had a good time. Oddly my DD loves PE at school.

I used to coach gymnastics - it is an amazing sport for children with coordination problems whatever the reason and the kids all LOVE it. I do hope you have found a club with enthusiastic staff (I am sure you have, most of us love our sport and want to share it with everyone whatever their ability and believe me you are just as proud of a child who learns to do a skill some kids take for granted as you are of one who learns something complicated, often more so)

The staff was holding him and encouraging him - and smiling! At one point they had to climb up to rescue him! I was thinking he would come saying he hated it, but no.

I am shocked. He still has the ability to amaze me. I really hope he sticks it out and it helps him have some confidence in sports.

His brother has been going to gym since he was three, but that gym is more results driven so I purposely chose anew gym

yes there are very different attitudes in gyms, sometimes you will get ones which can cover both fun and recreational as well as elite but often they do tend to be one or the other (or more that the recreational is still pretty serious) and it does depend so much on the staff.

British Gymnastics actually has a large disability gymnastics section (I think it is one of the best in the world) and I have been to some of the competitions which have had categories for people with just about every sort of 'impairment' you could imagine. They show that literally EVERYONE can enjoy the sport and get such a level of self achievement from it. www.british-gymnastics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=108

It will be brilliant for him and I am not surprised he enjoyed it.

Wow that's great! I think my DS would be very aware that he was poo though (although he doesn't seem to have realised that the children in his swimming class keep changing as they improve faster than him so maybe not )