See, I can ride a bike (and I still do), I can do a cartwheel (and I still do), I can jump rope and was in fact quite good a double dutch at one point (though I can jump rope, it's harder than it used to be), I can rollerblade, but don't know if I can still ice/roller skate. I can't throw or catch worth a damn and never could. But it wasn't the skill set I wanted.
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I've never tried to teach an adult to pat her head while rubbing her belly, either.
Head patting and belly rubbing is easier to teach, in my experience. Teaching adults to cartwheel (or even teens) has been hard too.
Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope? Skate? Any other skill I didn't mention?
I can't rollerskate though I can ice skate a bit.
Rode my bike all through my childhood, logging many many miles. It was a childhood on wheels. Played baseball all during my childhood too.
oh, and as for skating, I do best on old quad roller skates as my ankles hate blades and ice skates. My muscles are not strong enough to keep my ankle upright.
Like, can you ride a bike? Do a cartwheel? Catch, throw, hit a ball? Jump rope?
Yes, poorly.
Yes, but not as well as when I was 40lbs lighter.
Only if I'm lucky.
Yes, poorly.
Only if I'm lucky.
Yes, with occasional tangles.
Signed, uncoordinated as heck.
Oh, and I can skate both types, poorly.
>Like, can you ride a bike?
I learned late (eighth grade) and do not like to ride in traffic
Do a cartwheel?
Never could learn. I did one, once, when a very patient, athletic friend decided I should try and pass the gymnatic unit in gym
Catch, throw, hit a ball?
Yes. Not well
Jump rope?
Yes
>Skate?
Roller, not ice>
I can skate, but can't stop. When we lived near the Ottawa river, I was much better. Moving to Jamaica cured me of that.
I can catch better now than I ever have been able to in my life. I was a grownup before I really figured out how to not close my eyes when something was thrown at me.
Robin, that was a great article. I especially liked this:
As part of Poe's award, Staff Care will provide a temporary paid physician to take over her practice for two weeks to give her a break.
But I wonder how many people will actually go in during those two weeks!
I can catch better now than I ever have been able to in my life. I was a grownup before I really figured out how to not close my eyes when something was thrown at me.
Me too! But I still suck.
Seth Green's appearance is asking me to watch the View! YAY Seth. Ohmigod he's so fucking adorable.
I can and do ride a bike, and have memories of being able to cartwheel. I played tee-ball at about age 8, so I must have been able to do some fielding/throwing (though, what with the tee, I never learned to hit worth a damn), but I haven't tried at all since then. In the third grade, we used to do complicated jump-rope moves at recess, but I think I was one of the rope-holders rather than a jumper.
I took ice-skating lessons for 2+ years, but recently discovered that it's something you have to do regularly to keep the knack. My boss took us out on the frog pond on Boston Common, which is a skating rink in winter, and we all rented skates (can you tell this was a required activity?). Two coworkers were completely out of their depth, and did nothing but clutch the wall. Two others began at the wall and slowly became able to move properly. One coworker, who comes from Idaho and had never been on ice skates in his life, never got over the "I am about to fall" half-squat posture, but was able to move under his own power pretty quickly.
I tried to do moves I had probably last done at age 11, and realized that skates are really heavy, and rely on strong foot muscles, and my balance was never that good to begin with.