Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 , I loved your kickball idea! All your input was insightful (esp. the part about the weight training, and karate), and I think about all these things for working with my own child. As far as a really easy to orchestrate youth league, kickball is pretty darn good! I hadn't thought about kickball since I was in elementary school, so I probably wouldn't have thought of that one on my own. Thanks again! Johan > > > > Has anyone else had experience with setting up a regional league > of any kind for Aspergers or HFA kids? I was talking last night > with a few friends from our NJ autism group, and we were talking > about how much our boys (and even girls) lose by not participating > in sports that much. There's so much the kids can learn in > teamwork, interaction, but our kids really seem ill prepared for the > regular leagues both from a coordination standpoint, attention > standpoint, and even arm strength. One question was which sport > would suit the purpose. Baseball is kind of boring for the kids in > our gang. Perhaps flag football? Any ideas? > > > > More than anything, I think we'd like to give our kids a chance > to play without some other parent looking at us sideways when our > boy throws a fit, misses a catch, or is off task in some way. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 732.274.4374 (Work) > > > > 732.691.1443 (Cell) > > > > 509.562.8383 (fax) > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not > web links. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Soccer is pretty easy to organize and set up, so I appreciate that idea. With respect to basketball and flag football, I hadn't thought of the sensory (sound/touching) issues, so I should definitely think about that! Thanks! > > My 10 year old Aspie loves a soccer team he is playing on right now. It is > more like a club sport than a real league because our town is too small to > support a league. There is a group of kids that participates that also form a > traveling team. loves being able to participate and learn about the sport > without the stress of who wins/loses etc. > > We tried baseball and although he is pretty good. He began psyching himself > out because he felt the other boys didn't like it when he was put in to play! > An you are right he got bored! > > Basketball was too loud and Football has too much touching. > > Maybe you could check into that! it would be great to have enough kids > around to form a team for our kids! Good luck doing it. > > LJ > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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