Do they always do team sports in PE? Would the PE teacher be open to rotating the activities to include more individual sports such as track events(even relay races might minimize the difficult aspects of team sports)?
She does a good mix of team sports and teaching individual athletics. In fact, they've been working on tennis lately. DS HATES it! The did Yoga stretching, and guess what? It was BORING! I wish I could put a video on here of his parody of the Yoga class, complete with exact quotes from the teacher about the value of stretching and the mind-body link. It was hard to keep a straight face. The thing is, he needs to get used to doing things he doesn't particularly love. Unfortunately, we all have to do that on a daily basis (or, at least I do!). Right now, they are doing basketball at PE. I don't think it matters what the sport is. DS is self-conscious about his skill level, and in his eyes he never measures up to the others. Even in an individual sport, he'd be comparing himself to others and getting upset if he's not perfect. He sets impossible standards, and then falls apart emotionally when he doesn't measure up. I think at times, he lashes out verbally because he'd rather blame someone else than accept his own imperfection. When he gets home, it's a different story though. He usually begins blaming someone else, and then breaks down telling me how he's the worst one in the class at _________.
