Posted Dec 09, 2007 at 8:56:11 PM
Subject: athletic giftedness + LD
I didn't know what forum to put this in... so yeah.
Im one of those people that really believe in the 7 or 8 types of intelligence so I will be talking about athletic giftedness.
Ok, Im a REALLY good soccer player. (not meaning to brag.. im sorry) Im the top player in my high school and I play for one of the top club teams in my state. But....
I can't walk in a straight line, I can't write, I can't chew food comfterably, I can't walk down the stairs without holding onto the rail, can't throw, ENORMOUS difficulty with talking, barely tie my shoes, I constantly bump into things.... basically i'm really clumsy (these are thing normal people do with absolutely NO trouble)
but then again I've been known to scale a mall rock wall in less than a minute, I can jump three feet in the air, qualified for states in long jump... ect.
So I was wondering if athletic giftedness can be paired with dyspraxia... like twice exceptional. I know that standard gifted can be with LD. A college coach once told me that i was "awkwardly good" which sums it up pretty good. I didn't know if I should be insulted or flattered.
My theory is that some of the pro-athletes who have "unconventional" or "unorthodox" styles of play are athletically gifted (duh they are pro LOL) but are compensating for an LD (just a theory based off my own experience)
sorry for this long post but I have questions that no one I have around me can answer.
I may be strange
maybe even CRAZY
but there's never a dull moment