lime-gymnast
Gymnast
- Aug 3, 2022
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Searching for your experiences as an ADHD/autistic gymnast, or coaching/parenting neurodivergent gymnasts please
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Thank you so much for sharing! I’ve found being at practice is also a big aspect of sensory seeking for myself.My daughter has serious sensory issues and talks nonstop (so probably has ADHD, as I do). She doesn't have a formal diagnosis but is pretty clearly neurodivergent.
The sensory issues present challenges. She has hated every single comp leo that she's ever had. She's thrown huge screaming fits getting her hair done before a meet. In fact, she's thrown multiple huge screaming fits before meets for a number of sensory related issues.
With that said, I think it's probably a net plus for gymnastics. She's hyper focused. She never gets nervous -- her comp routines look identical to her routines in practice. She's never been afraid of a skill. She refuses to give up no matter how hard things are. She's friendly to teammates at practice but she's clearly there to do gymnastics. This results in her taking somewhere between 50% and 100% more reps than the kids who stand around, chat, drink water, chat, Her hand eye coordination is almost super human. Etc.
I don't think that it's coincidental that Simone Biles had a TUE for Adderall. The sort of mind that processes information with sufficient speed to move a body in ways that have never been done before is almost certainly not going to be 100% typical.
Did you compete. As welllI’ve found that gymnastics helps regulate me mentally. It gives me something to focus on, an outlet, it soothes me. I get to focus inward and control my own body and learn more about the sport that I love.
I do! I’m rather competitive, so I enjoy that aspect as well. I have my pre-meet routines, and just focus on doing the same stuff that I do in practice.Did you compete. As welll
Ok she does toI do! I’m rather competitive, so I enjoy that aspect as well. I have my pre-meet routines, and just focus on doing the same stuff that I do in practice.
I struggle with that too. I think what helps is framing it in my mind before hand, making realistic goals for myself. Not ‘I want to place xxx’ but ‘I want to score xxx because I’ve done it before, or because I’ve improved on this. It’s hardest when I mess up on something that I know I can do.Ok she does to
She gets really hard on herself when she does not do good. Or medel
Thank you so much hopefully I can get her in that mind set she gets super upset when she doesI struggle with that too. I think what helps is framing it in my mind before hand, making realistic goals for myself. Not ‘I want to place xxx’ but ‘I want to score xxx because I’ve done it before, or because I’ve improved on this. It’s hardest when I mess up on something that I know I can do.