Buddies Update

I know I haven't posted in a long time. I am so sorry I thought it would be cool to compare my two last buddy sessions and tell you what happened, how my buddy works and operates and strategies i used to help my buddy learn and grow.

modified baseball:
My buddy along with Calista, Avani, Ruth their buddies and idk who else sorry :S ....  had got into a group to modified baseball. The buddies were being good sports and they learned to play the game fairly quickly, we soon added challenges before sitting down and passing the ball like when you catch the ball you do 5 jumping jacks or sit down right away. We also talked strategies to our buddies and talking about worked and didn't. We did several trials and found that spreading out when the batter hits it and coming in when passing the ball was easier. I knew that my buddy had a teachers aid but when with my buddy i never felt like he needed it. During this game i saw some of the trouble he was having. During the game it was noticeable that he struggled to hold the bat and hit it, but also throwing and catching was a little delayed. As the game progressed i helped him by adjusting how he threw and giving him examples and definitely by encouraging him. It really helped that his peers were super supportive as well because you could tell he was getting more comfortable with the idea of all of it, and that the physical activity was good.  He scored a few points and was fast, but sometimes the good teamwork of the out fielders beat him to it.

Lacrosse:
This is a game that i love playing, especially in gym class, and I loved the idea of us teaching it to our buddies. This activity my buddy was on a team with all boy buddies, I could already tell it would be a fast paced game. The gr 10. buddies on our team were Kyle, Zauq, Abhishek and idk if there were any others...sorry. For this when we did a bit of drills i noticed my buddy had a bit of trouble with the stick and had trouble throwing and catching, but when it came to running he would run at free will... even if it was in the wrong way... LOL. My buddy learned to play and handle the stick better towards the end of the game which is good. Good job to the other team and buddies who dominated though!

From both activities and the ones in the past, personally I think my buddy is a runner. By that i mean he loves running and the excitement and adrenaline with it. No wonder he loved the chariot game and the tag game (he also really liked stealing pinnies from other kids).