Joined: 23 May 2009 Age: 40 Gender: Male Posts: 121 Location: Dublin, Ireland
05 Jun 2009, 5:38 pm
My handwriting is poor, I can't catch a ball to save my life and my depth perception isn't great either. I also tend to randomly lose my balance and either stumble over or fall outright, it happened while playing a Wii with my brother last Christmas, I just ended up on the floor! Not to mention falling face first between a girl's legs on a school bus, one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. I hated playing sports in school because I was always rubbish at them.
However I can ride a bike and quite enjoy doing it actually.
I'm awful at judging distances, I bump into stuff and trip over my own feet on a regular basis, it took me a long time to tie my shoes, swim, and ride a bike, I can't catch or throw a ball or play sports of any kind, I'm a hopelessly awkward dancer, I have weird way of walking, and I'm just a generally graceless person. But I didn't have any trouble learning to walk (I didn't crawl first, though) and my handwriting is fine.
Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 97
06 Jun 2009, 5:24 am
I am good at sport in general but precise movements like typing, writing and not knocking objects over require a lot of concentration and need to be done slowly.
My hand-eye co-ordination isn't too good, making me crap at most ball sports/games. It used to be worse when I younger, I couldn't tie my own shoe-laces for the majoraty of my late childhood.
Joined: 1 Aug 2009 Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 36
06 Aug 2009, 4:53 pm
i have always been pretty clumsy.. i still have a hard time while pouring things into a glass because 7/10 times I spill whatever i'm pouring... and i have never been able to play any sports cause i'm not able to kick the ball or catch it....but other that that i guess i'm fine
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My motor skills are generally typical, but I have a few (fairly minor) problems: I drop things a lot, especially when I'm not paying close attention; I walk into doorframes more often than I go through them; and I lose my balance if I put more weight on one foot than the other (but that might be because my feet pronate, not because of any potential ASD).
Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 98 Location: Southwest USA
24 Aug 2009, 3:21 pm
I lack hand-eye coordination, such as catching, swinging a bat, amongst other things. I also have a lot of trouble buttoning my shirts/pants/shorts, so I don't wear many button up things.
Joined: 31 Aug 2009 Age: 38 Gender: Male Posts: 23
02 Sep 2009, 6:38 pm
I suck at throwing and catching, but I skateboard and snowboard for fun, I can balance really well but my peers got better at skateboarding than I did much quicker. I think myself and all Aspies can do something appealing that they really want to do, even if it requires motor movement that they aren't too good at.
Sice I was a little kid, my right knee drops out on me at random. No idea why. Though, I usually can tell when this is going to happen, and shift my weight onto my left, and noone notices. I never thought this was unusual until within the last couple years.
Joined: 5 Oct 2009 Age: 32 Gender: Male Posts: 1,067
07 Oct 2009, 11:57 pm
I'm clumsy, I'm always bumping into things, people tell me I walk weirdly. I can't catch a ball to save my life, I often feel like I'm not sure where to put myself and my posture is weird. I also seem to cut people off while walking.
By weird walk I mean that my legs go much too far and I walk extremely fast.
I've always been told that I'm clumsy and I never got why, it's not like I could help it.