My little guy has been a perfectionist from day one. It doesn't matter if he is learning to cut with scissors, write his name, swim or whatever, he tries once and if doesn't have instant success- he just quits. Yesterday he went to his first day of Basketball camp for upcoming first graders. He was real quick to notice that there were kids there who already had most of the skills. (He's very sharp - he reads at the 3rd grade level independently.) When they dribbled around the chairs he lost the ball on the second chair so he went to the wall and stood there alone. When they did ball handling drills he just stood there with his hands to his side, pouting. He didn't even try it. When they shot hoops, he didn't make the basket the first time so he wouldn't use his second and third try. He did however get in line for the next shot. He was very successful with the passing and catching so he participated fully in this part!His dad and I have and still are helping him with basketball.
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