Basketball for children with ASD
Basketball for children with ASD
Solovyova Marina Viktorovna
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Basketball develops large muscles (legs, back, shoulder, abs) and small ones (forearm, hand), as well as affects hand-eye coordination (eye-hand, eye-foot), attention, teaches you to navigate in space, calculate the impact force and distance, keep the body in an unusual position and move in different ways, balance, develops dexterity, accuracy of actions and reaction speed.
Also, it has a huge impact on the formation of household skills. The development of small arm muscles (shoulder, forearm) and mobility of the joints of the fingers and hands adds confidence in everyday and important movements and independence.
For example, batting/catching / throwing a ball forms skills such as:
1. Opening/closing the door.
2. Wiping your hands with a towel.
3. Brush your teeth, eat independently (strong grip of fork / spoon, toothbrush and coordination of these movements)
4. Correct grip and hold of the pen / pencil - affects the stabilization of handwriting and its improvement.
5. Zipping / unbuttoning of zippers and buttons.
6. The integer/dressing up.
2. Wiping your hands with a towel.
3. Brush your teeth, eat independently (strong grip of fork / spoon, toothbrush and coordination of these movements)
4. Correct grip and hold of the pen / pencil - affects the stabilization of handwriting and its improvement.
5. Zipping / unbuttoning of zippers and buttons.
6. The integer/dressing up.
1. Opening/closing the door.
2. Wiping your hands with a towel.
3. Brush your teeth, eat independently (strong grip of fork / spoon, toothbrush and coordination of these movements)
4. Correct grip and hold of the pen / pencil - affects the stabilization of handwriting and its improvement.
5. Zipping / unbuttoning of zippers and buttons.
6. The integer/dressing up.
2. Wiping your hands with a towel.
3. Brush your teeth, eat independently (strong grip of fork / spoon, toothbrush and coordination of these movements)
4. Correct grip and hold of the pen / pencil - affects the stabilization of handwriting and its improvement.
5. Zipping / unbuttoning of zippers and buttons.
6. The integer/dressing up.
And for a few examples of how to teach a child with ASD to hit the ball off the floor, see the post on instagram at the link:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5kQ4znhx9s/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5kQ4znhx9s/
Hoops are used to indicate the goal, the help of a coach and tutor (you can stand behind the child and help "hand-in-hand"), you can teach sitting, etc. you can hit the ball with one or two hands, on the spot/in motion.
I will end the article with a quote from A. Lowen, an American psychotherapist:
"Hitting the ball improves mood, relieves aggression, helps to get rid of muscle tension, causes pleasure. And pleasure is the freedom of body movements from muscle armor, muscle tension."
Author of the article: Marina V. Solovyova ©
