Sports has always been a struggle in our house. DD9 tried karate at age 4 and then gymnastics around 6 and finally ballet at age 7ish. Now she hates all sports and gym is her most hated "special". She is not naturally athletic and the problem is that she is smart enough to realize this LOL...once she saw that the other kids could do it so much better then her she didn't want to participate because it was "embarrassing" (her favorite word when it comes to anything sports related)
She is very self conscious and likes to excel in most everything except spelling and sports. Of course it doesn't help that her gym teacher tends to pair her up with the mentally challenged kid in her class! Not only that but her gym teacher has pulled her out a few times to try to work on her basic skills and she hates the attention being focused on something she does not do well at. By the way...she still gets A's in gym LOL I think it is because she knows how to cater to adults...."Oh no Mrs Smith, how was YOUR winter vacation?! How are YOU today?"
