Uglybetty
Proud Parent
DD confessed that she sometimes thinks her coach ( inexperienced low level coach) gets frustrated with her because she thinks DD doesn't listen properly. In fact, the real problem is not a lack of paying attention, it's that - as a moderate Dyslexic - DD struggles to "follow" complicated verbal instruction. So, for example, she can understand single instructions or corrections but will struggle if the coach says "do 10 of X jump on the beam, then 10 of Y jump, then 10 of Z jump" - DD may recall the first two in this string of verbal instructions, but will, by the time she gets to it, have forgotten the third element. If she approaches her coach to ask what she needs to do next then she's told (in a frustrated tone) "you should have been paying attention".
DD attends a programme were questions to coaches are discouraged...but I instinctively think this is a situation which should form an exception to the rule. There is a very real possibility this young coach (who's lovely btw, but who is barely out of school) has any idea about Dyslexia and how it can impact her gymnasts.
Any views?
DD attends a programme were questions to coaches are discouraged...but I instinctively think this is a situation which should form an exception to the rule. There is a very real possibility this young coach (who's lovely btw, but who is barely out of school) has any idea about Dyslexia and how it can impact her gymnasts.
Any views?