My 5 yr old boy goes to gym once a week. He is naturally very stong and coaches are now hands on with strecthing him. He has little to no flexibility but lots of strength and skills. My 5yr old is really focussing on the strecthing and starting to not want to go. He cried last week when he was being strecthed and found the hands on strecthing really difficult. He really has a long way to go for flexibility.
Any advice on how to manage this with him? He loves gym but hates the pain of being pushed down. He's only 5 and I want him to enjoy it but I understand the need for him to be more flexibile to prevent injury and be capable of more moves when he is older.
Is being pushed the only way to improve flexibility in stiff kids or are there any other ways, or do they just not get it naturally. I'm not sure if hard and fast is better than slow and gradual and as a parent it's really hard to watch your child in pain but I really don't want to not watch him and not be there for him.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you
Any advice on how to manage this with him? He loves gym but hates the pain of being pushed down. He's only 5 and I want him to enjoy it but I understand the need for him to be more flexibile to prevent injury and be capable of more moves when he is older.
Is being pushed the only way to improve flexibility in stiff kids or are there any other ways, or do they just not get it naturally. I'm not sure if hard and fast is better than slow and gradual and as a parent it's really hard to watch your child in pain but I really don't want to not watch him and not be there for him.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you