Sports

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Please seek the advice of your child's medical team before implementing any of the strategies discussed here.

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Activities to help develop throwing:
- Toss rolled-up socks into laundry baskets at different distances.
- Underhand toss to a caregiver while sitting.
- Throw a balloon, beach ball, or lightweight ball.
- Knock over plastic cups or empty water bottles with soft balls.
Increase the difficulty by:
- Increasing throwing distance.
- Using smaller targets.
- Using different-sized balls or heavier balls.
- Throwing from unstable surfaces (pillow, foam pad, on one foot).

Make it fun!

Activities to develop catching:
- Catch balloons.
- Catch beach balls.
- Catch stuffed animals.
Increase the difficulty by:
- Catch smaller balls (tennis balls).
- Catch while walking.
- Catch after spinning.
- Catch after one bounce.

Make it fun!

Activities to develop kicking:
- Kick balloons or beach balls (lightweight).
- Kick larger balls.
Increase the difficulty by:
- Dribble around cones (or water bottles).
- Kick to a moving target (parent, sibling, friend, etc.)
- Kick through "goal posts" (two water bottles and decrease the distance between them to increase difficulty)
- Kick while running or walking.

Make it fun!

Make it fun!

Develop swing:
- Hit balloons with a pool noodle or fly swatter.
Increase the difficulty by:
- Hitting balloons with a tennis racket or bat.
- Hitting back and forth between two people or a group (keep the balloon in the air).
- Using a smaller balloon.
- Hitting ball off tee.

Make it fun!