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[the_rck]

I did better with Body Electric today than I did yesterday, but I still didn't do really well. It's been over an hour since it ended, and I'm still shaking.

Cordelia said yesterday that she wanted to start doing yoga regularly because I've been pressing her to exercise. It's not aerobic exercise, but I think it would be good for her. Yesterday, she used a set of cards called Yoga Pretzels that cherydactyl gave us several years ago, but I'd like to get her a book to go along with it. The two yoga books I own are inappropriate, one because it's meant for people with mobility issues and the other because a number of the demonstrated postures are potentially damaging (she also might reject that book because it's quite old. She doesn't like old books, just on general principle).

Of course, today, she's saying she doesn't want to do yoga after all. The only option for exercise that she likes is getting a new version of Just Dance and forcing me to vacate the living room while she plays it. I'd rather she do yoga (or better yet both!). I'm not sure how much actually exercise she'd get doing Just Dance as she tends to ignore the footwork and just do the arm motions.

It's time to make the decision about whether or not Cordelia's signing up for spring soccer. She's said she doesn't want to, but I need to check to be certain now that the decision point has actually arrived. I wonder if she'll want to play softball or if all sports are going by the wayside. I think she'll still play volleyball, but she may not play anything else. We also have to push her on the question of playing volleyball on her school team. We're not buying her reasons for saying she doesn't want to play. I feel like maybe we have to respect her decision, but Scott feels strongly that we ought to try to make her play-- She's actually good at volleyball and loves playing. We're not sure why she's so down on the school team. It doesn't make sense that she wouldn't leap at a chance to do something she loves.

Comments

[zhelana]

Are there maybe bullies on the school team?

[the_rck]

At this point, we don't know who will be on the school team (though it's a limited pool-- There are only 47 sixth graders, and boys generally don't play volleyball). There are four girls, including Cordelia, who I know have played before. One of those (the one Cordelia's closest to) won't play on the team because she's discouraged about how badly she plays.

Cordelia says that she wants to forgo playing on the team in order to help the girl who can't play well improve. I'm not sure how she plans to do that. The places out of doors where they might have practiced in years past are now part of a big construction project.

Cordelia's friendly with the other two girls who are likely to play. She's planning to attend a sleepover with one of them.

I do wonder, though, if Cordelia's worried that there won't be enough kids at her school to form a team. If there aren't, the kids who want to play will get bused to the nearest middle school to practice and have to find their own way home.

[kyrielle]

Are there online resources for exercise, such as yoga, that she might like? YouTube videos?

[the_rck]

I don't know. I'll have to try suggesting it to her. If I find something, she'll reject it just because of that.

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Hrm, I do hope Cordelia plays volleyball on the school team. I wonder why she doesn't want to play. I feel like if she could convince you as to why she shouldn't play on the volleyball team, then she shouldn't have to play, but otherwise it seems like she should play (my totally uninformed opinion).

[the_rck]

Cordelia says that she wants to use the time that would be taken up by practices and games to try to teach one of her friends how to play well. This friend was on her Rec & Ed team this fall. She cringed every time the ball came near her, and none of her serves ever so much as reached the net. She's a tiny girl, and I think that was a big factor. They made the court considerably bigger this year, and her mother told us that, last year, she served without any trouble.

I feel like helping her friend is something she could do in addition to being on the team. I'm also not sure just what Cordelia could do that would help. There isn't a good place for them to go to practice (they're tearing up parts of the school playground), and the weather won't be very good for it just then, either. There's also the question of how often the girl's parents would let her come over. It would mean an extra trip for them each time.