Sunday, 09 January 2011

• My Son and Bowling

  

  It’s a great thing when my son learns something in therapy that carries through to our life. We went bowling Saturday and decided to teach my son to bowl without the rack. My daughter was taught to bowl by throwing the ball with both hands. It makes a loud noise when it hit’s the lane, but her coaches said that was fine. It is the preferred method of bowling for young children that can’t roll the ball down the lane. My husband and I decided that this would be a good way for our son to bowl.

  It took a couple of turns to get him to throw the ball hard enough to make it down the lane. We were so proud of him. I also noticed that he really seemed to enjoy bowling this way. Except for the noise of the ball hitting the floor. That appeared to hurt his ears, but it didn’t stop him from bowling. 

  We played three games. The first game, Dean played the first half, and my daughter played the second half. The second and third games, they took turns with bowling, alternating frames. It seemed to work out good. Both of them liked the break in between taking a turn.

  I didn’t have my camera with me, of course. Next time we go bowling, I will have to remember to take it. My son is doing bowling this month with his class at school. They will be going once a week. I wrote a note to his teacher letting her know that he doesn’t need the rack anymore.

  My husband also pointed out that he will now be able to join the Special Olympics with bowling. He would have with the rack, if he had been able to place it up there and align it on his own. We were never able to get him to do that. By the time we finished Saturday, he was going up and taking his turn independently. He stood where he needed to and threw the ball without any help from either of us. All we had to do is watch and praise.

  Oh, and one more thing. On the last game, the last frame, he was able to knock down 9 pins without the ball hitting the bumpers. Yeah!

  
  

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