Neveranathlete
Proud Parent
I will preface this by saying that we suspect DD is dyslexic. It is in our family, so wouldn't be a shocker - and this difficulty with understanding directionals is tied to dyslexia. DD is in a developmental class and does extremely well in the class. But she continues to struggle so much with facing the right direction - either her entire body or her limbs. For example, when you do that TaDa after a move, she STILL cannot remember to put her hands facing outward. Or when she does a cartwheel, she will forget which side is her dominant (right) and then do a wobbly cartwheel on her left. At this point, the coach does not want to move her up to preteam because of this issue. I'm not sure what to do about it. I'm not in a rush to move DD up, but if these problems are the only thing keeping her back, I worry that she will be bored working on only this in developmental class. If anyone has any tips, I'd appreciate it. (And if the tip is, gymnastics may not be right for her - please share!)