How can i help my daughter throw the ball to the right area of the field? She has trouble when the coachtells her to throw to either right or left field ,or to 3 rd base and 1st base .She is 11 years old .has been diagnosed with ADHD,OCD,and Dyslexic. She doesn’t see m to know the difference from left and right at times. She is right handed and wears her wrist watch on the right arm as though she was left. When i asked her why she said the numbers don’t look right on the other arm.Please help with our delema of how to assist her .She wants to try out for the catchers spot on her team.try out are soon .
thanks Mary
Re: girls soft ball/dyslexic daughter
There are quite a few threads about mixed handedness. It is an interesting phenomena and extremely common amongst the LD/ADHD set.
You really have to automate left and right. It is essential for many cognitive as well as athletic pursuits.
My son is doing exercises for exactly this as part of vision therapy. Audiblox has a similar exercises that addresses it.
It involves looking at arrows that are pointed left right up and down. He has to scan each symbol and point his arms the direction of the arrows while saying left right up down etc. His vision therapist has him do this on a balance board.
Also, vision builder has one exercise that addresses this using the computer. I like the wall chart method better because there is more motor involvement.
Re: girls soft ball/dyslexic daughter
Do they always pactice at the same field? Can you give her a visual-1st base is by the yellow dugout, 3rd by concession stand
Could she wear a ring(low key)on one hand and glance at that knowing it was Right.?
The home team usually sits by 3rd base BTW.
I agree you need to remediate the deficit at some point, but for the momeny try to find visual clues. Take her to the diamond and work with her alone on a Sunday(shouldnt be too busy monthers day :)) Move her to different places and give her different instructions
Good luck
Re: girls soft ball/dyslexic daughter
Your vision therapy is really incorporating a lot of other therapies!!! We have done work on the balance board with Neuronet and the exact same exercise as you describe is a PACE exercise.
I totally agree on automating right and left.
Beth
Re: girls soft ball/dyslexic daughter
This guy has been doing this for 40 years. Sometimes I get the impression he invented alot of this stuff. Hee Hee……………..
My son is mixed handed. Some things he does left and others right. He writes right handed, plays hockey left handed. He also has his watch on his right hand. He has a hard time telling time on a non-digital watch.
I think you have to give your daughter simpel hints about left and right. Little tricks, but you probably have to get the coach to help you with it.
Good luck.